Clan Cultivation: Starting from Beast Taming

Lanzhou, Misty Swamp.

Once again, it was that uninhabited island, where Zhou Mingde came to wait for the members of the Dragon Transformation Sect to arrive for the trade.

After a few transactions, he was no longer as anxious as he had initially been.

Especially since the matter of Zhou Daoyi’s Sky Azure Cloud Python Transforming into Flood Dragon was about to yield results, his confidence had grown stronger.

However, what caused Zhou Mingde’s expression to change slightly was the fact that the Cultivator from the Dragon Transformation Sect who came to trade with him this time was not Lin Yan, the middle-aged woman with whom he had dealt several times before, but an elderly red-robed figure.

"What’s going on your side? Why did you change people suddenly without any prior notice? Do you have no regard for my presence?"

On the island, Zhou Mingde appeared, sternly chastising the red-robed elder with a voice full of severity, extremely displeased.

The red-robed elder, faced with his chastisement, hurriedly performed a bow and explained with sincere trepidation, "Senior, please pardon me, as Envoy Lin sustained an injury the other day and could no longer carry out this task. Therefore, the Protector Lord had to send me to carry out the task on short notice."

After finishing, he added in a lower voice, "Furthermore, the Protector Lord specifically asked me to pass on a message to Senior. Next time, she will come personally to meet with Senior here, and hopes that the quality of the goods prepared by Senior’s side can be even better next time!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Mingde’s face darkened abruptly, and he couldn’t help but say angrily, "What does she mean by this? What exactly is she trying to do? Wasn’t it agreed that she wouldn’t show up personally in the beginning?"

Seeing his anger, the red-robed elder was also at a loss. He didn’t understand why, if they were engaged in such covert trading, Zhou Mingde would be so enraged at the prospect of Lin Hongyu coming in person.

But though he did not understand, the red-robed elder still showed a look of fear and repeatedly shook his head, saying, "Junior has no knowledge of this. I am only here to deliver the Protector Lord’s message. Please, Senior, forgive and understand!"

"Hmph, when we meet next time, I will have to clarify this matter with her in person!"

Zhou Mingde snorted coldly, still fuming as he took the items for the trade from the red-robed elder and left the island.

Upon returning to the family, he specifically called Zhou Daoyi and Zhou Chun to the cave dwelling to discuss this sudden turn of events.

"You two, tell me, what is she calculating by making such a sudden change?"

In the cave dwelling, after Zhou Mingde related the trading process this time around, he looked at Zhou Daoyi and Zhou Chun for their opinions.

Hearing his words, the two exchanged looks, speechless, their brows furrowed in thought.

After a good while, Zhou Daoyi finally spoke slowly, "That witch, though impetuous, shouldn’t be underestimated for her intelligence. By informing us a year in advance, she may need our Zhou Family’s power for a significant matter."

Then he continued, doubting himself, "But, what big matter could our Zhou Family assist her with? Surely she doesn’t think, just because she has something on us, she can make our entire family defect to the Dragon Transformation Sect?"

"Could it be related to internal affairs within the Dragon Transformation Sect?"

Zhou Chun suddenly interjected.

At his words, both Zhou Mingde and Zhou Daoyi’s gazes sharpened.

Zhou Mingde then looked at Zhou Chun and asked, "What do you mean? Have you thought of something, Zhengchun?"

"I just think that, to the Red Dragon Protector, our Zhou Family essentially can only assist her with personnel and intelligence matters here in Jingguo Country," Zhou Chun explained.

"As long as our Zhou Family doesn’t clearly show intentions of turning against her, she wouldn’t be foolish enough to force us into actions that could lead to our family’s ruin."

"But if it’s for internal affairs of the Dragon Transformation Sect, and she wants to use us to help eliminate her rivals, then the matter can still be arranged, and if handled well, it could benefit both parties."

Zhou Chun bowed to his elders, solemnly presenting his speculation. Discover hidden tales at empire

After listening to his conjectures, Zhou Mingde and Zhou Daoyi both showed contemplative expressions.

Zhou Daoyi then nodded and said, "Upon careful consideration, what Zhengchun says is not unreasonable."

"Various factions exist within the Dragon Transformation Sect, generally distinguished by the attributes of the Flood Dragon Spirit Blood they’ve fused with, and these factions definitely have conflicts of interest."

"But with the Sect Hierarch and the Vice Sect Hierarch overseeing them, even if they fight fiercely internally, I’m afraid they dare not escalate to outright killing, causing fatal incidents."

"Thus, when it comes to the point where a rival must be eliminated, they can only do so by using outside power to remove their adversaries secretly!"

Here, Zhou Daoyi glanced toward Zhou Mingde.

Then, with a worried expression, he continued, "If it’s indeed about eliminating adversaries, then the adversaries she intends to remove are certainly at the level of protector, which would mean..."

Each protector of the Dragon Transformation Sect had cultivated the Dragon Transformation Secret Technique to the third layer. n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

With this secret technique at their disposal, every protector of the Dragon Transformation Sect was formidable.

This is the advantage of the larger powers; the powerful legacy secret techniques they possess ensure that their Cultivators are stronger than the average cultivator of the same level from smaller forces.

Zhou Mingde was certainly formidable, but if he were to attempt to kill a protector of the Dragon Transformation Sect on his own, it would likely come at a great cost, if it were even possible at all.

Possible, that is, in theory only!