Clan Cultivation: Starting from Beast Taming

Golden Dragon Branch Altar.

It wasn't until half a day after Zhou Mingde and Zhou Daoyi returned from their pursuit that the Golden Core Stage Cultivators began to trickle back to this place.

Some Golden Core Stage Cultivators returned with joy written all over their faces, clearly having successfully slain powerful enemies.

Others, however, had grim or indifferent expressions; most likely they had failed in their pursuits.

So, roughly a day after their return, Liu Yiping also came back with his people.

Originally, Liu Yiping led a Late Golden Core Stage Cultivator and three Mid Golden Core Stage Cultivators in pursuit of Black Dragon Hall's Hall Master Di Long and that superior fourth-grade Dark Flood Dragon.

But upon their return, only Liu Yiping, the Late Golden Core Stage Cultivator, and one Mid Golden Core Stage Cultivator remained, all bearing injuries.

Later, the Zhou Family learned that although Liu Yiping and his group had successfully caught up with Di Long and the Dark Flood Dragon, after a fierce battle, the Flood Dragon blew up its inner core out of desperation!

Due to the self-destruction of the Dark Flood Dragon's inner core, a Mid Golden Core Stage Cultivator was killed instantly and another was gravely injured.

The one who was gravely injured was also killed by Black Dragon Hall's Hall Master Di Long.

What made it even more regrettable was that Di Long ultimately escaped from Liu Yiping and his group, failing to leave his life behind.

Thus, the lives of two Mid Golden Core Stage Cultivators were traded for one superior fourth-grade Flood Dragon's life, making it hard to say whether it was a gain or a loss!

Not long afterward, Taoist Nun Qingsu also returned with her people.

She had gone to pursue the Blood Dragon Hall's Bloodflame Flood Dragon, but ended up failing, with no substantial gain, though fortunately without any casualties either.

As time slowly passed, most of the Golden Core Stage Cultivators who had gone on the pursuit had returned, leaving only Jin Chixuan's group unaccounted for.

This made the Zhou Family's two members, who were closely following the situation of Jin Chixuan's group, very anxious, feeling extremely complicated.

After a long wait, almost two days after the defenses of the Golden Dragon Branch Altar were breached, Jin Chixuan finally came back with his people.

He had succeeded!

After a prolonged battle that lasted more than a day, he had slain the critically injured fourth-grade mid-grade Red Fire Flood Dragon, as well as the Hall Master of the Red Dragon Hall.

Though their achievements were significant, the losses were not small either.

Of the three Mid Golden Core Stage Cultivators he had brought with him, one had perished, and the Early Golden Elixir Phase Cultivator had been seriously injured—himself and the other two Mid Golden Core Stage Cultivators were also greatly diminished in their essence energy.

It is worth mentioning that the seriously injured Early Golden Elixir Phase Cultivator was none other than Yu Jinghua, who had previously betrayed the Zhou Family!

Therefore, when the Zhou Family learned of Jin Chixuan's group's achievements and losses, they were beyond pleased.

If not for the fear of offending Jin Chixuan, the two of them would have probably gone to mock Yu Jinghua in person.

In the end, everyone's gains were tallied up into Liu Yiping's hands, and the outcome of this last battle became clear.

In this battle, the Jingguo Country Allied Army had altogether killed five Golden Core Stage Cultivators of the Dragon Transformation Sect, two fourth-grade Flood Dragons, two fourth-grade Demon Beasts, twenty-one Purple Mansion Phase Cultivators, and four third-grade Demon Beasts.

On Jingguo Country Allied Army's side, three Golden Core Stage Cultivators had perished, one was critically injured, several others were wounded, and in addition, two Purple Mansion Phase Cultivators had perished, with seven wounded.

From this war report, it was clear that Jingguo Country Allied Army had achieved a decisive victory.

Considering the spoils from the battle at Fulong Stronghold, as well as the spoils from the previous southern conquest and the achievements of the Corpse Demon Sect at Azure Dragon Hall, throughout these consecutive battles, the Dragon Transformation Sect had lost over twenty Golden Core Stage Cultivators, five fourth-grade Flood Dragons had perished, and more than ten fourth-grade Demon Beasts had been slain.

Bearing in mind that the Dragon Transformation Sect initially had only just over thirty Golden Core Stage Cultivators, they had now lost two-thirds of their number.

And those Flood Dragons that the Dragon Transformation Sect had so painstakingly cultivated had died in droves!

But these were not the worst of their losses. The most tragic was that, of the over one hundred Purple Mansion Phase protectors of the Dragon Transformation Sect, the survivors numbered less than twenty.

The Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivators of the other six branches suffered losses of up to eighty to ninety percent!

Without these lost members, even if the Dragon Transformation Sect could preserve their main altar after this ordeal, it would take them no less than three to five hundred years to rise again—if they even had the chance to do so.

After all, in these new times, aware of the deep collusion between the Dragon Transformation Sect and the Flood Dragon Clan, even if the entire Sect could not be destroyed due to the protection of the Flood Dragon Clan, the three great factions of Jingguo Country would never allow it the chance to develop anew.

Therefore, when the war report came out, even Liu Yiping, who had appeared grim and displeased, now revealed a smile once more.

He set down the war report in his hand, looked at Jin Chixuan and Taoist Nun Qingsu with a smile, and said, "Although our sects have also suffered considerable losses, to have achieved such substantial gains, I believe our esteemed elders should be satisfied with the results of our campaign." Find your next read at My Virtual Library Empire

"Next, we should first withdraw our troops and return to our country, and await further instructions from our elders!"

However, upon hearing his words, Taoist Nun Qingsu raised a different opinion.

She spoke slowly, "I believe it is premature to withdraw our troops and return now. We cannot nibble at the main altar of the Dragon Transformation Sect, but the Blood Dragon Sub-Temple still stands. I propose we take one more action against that Blood Dragon Sub-Temple, eradicate it, then withdrawing wouldn't be too late!"

Attack the Blood Dragon Sub-Temple again?

Liu Yiping was taken aback for a moment and glanced at Taoist Nun Qingsu before turning his gaze toward Jin Chixuan beside her, asking, "What does Daoist Jin think?"