Chapter 1734: Chapter 649: Two Out of Three, Secluded Cultivation Away from Home
He had been delayed by matters concerning these juniors for several years, and now it was no longer possible to continue postponing them.
Many issues and hidden dangers, once he truly transformed his elixir and formed the nascent soul, would cease to be problems!
So after a lengthy conversation with Zhou Mingde and giving some instructions to his disciple Zhou Zhiying, he spent a few months with his partner Su Yuzhen at the Su Family Mountain Gate, and then Zhou Chun brought his five major Spirit Pets and left the Green Lotus Mountain Range.
The public explanation for his departure was that he was seeking the opportunity to break through the barrier of the Golden Core Late Stage.
Only a handful of people knew the true reason.
A little over six months later, Zhou Chun’s figure appeared outside the Gold Dawn Mountain Range, a renowned perilous area in the Westernmost Cultivation Realm.
The Gold Dawn Mountain Range, located within the borders of Jiang Country in the Westernmost Cultivation Realm, is a renowned perilous area in this country and its neighboring countries.
This mountain range is not very large, but it is extremely dangerous.
There are several abundant Spirit Gold Veins within this mountain, including a large Pure Gold Vein.
However, because the mountain is inhabited by a large “Gold-Devouring Ant” colony, major forces of Jiang Country can only covet it without truly investing in development.
It’s not that they are truly helpless against the “Gold-Devouring Ant” colony.
In fact, if a Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator were willing to remain in this place and continuously clear the ant colony, it would surely be eradicated over several decades.
But what Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator would foolishly spend decades wasting time here?
Although the mineral veins here are quite valuable, they hold no significant attraction for a Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator.
Thus, to this day, the Gold Dawn Mountain Range remains a forbidden zone for cultivators. Except for some low-level cultivators who enter the mountain periphery risking their lives to hunt and kill “Gold-Devouring Ants,” high-level cultivators won’t seek discomfort by coming here.
But for Zhou Chun, the Gold Dawn Mountain Range is clearly a very suitable place for seclusion.
He could be in seclusion in the mountains without regressing in cultivation level, and he wouldn’t have to worry about being disturbed by other high-level cultivators while practicing the “Purple Brilliance Subdue Demon Divine Light.”
As for the “Gold-Devouring Ant” colony that even makes Golden Core Late Stage Cultivators pale in comparison, Zhou Chun happened to know the means to restrain them.
After briefly pausing at the mountain range’s periphery, he transformed into a golden stream of light and flew directly into the depths of the mountains.
Having penetrated less than two hundred miles into the mountains, a massive golden insect cloud appeared in the sky directly ahead of Zhou Chun.
This golden insect cloud spanned an area over ten miles wide, and it was filled with pale golden flying ants about the size of a fingernail.
“Gold-Devouring Ant” is not a rare insect, but they have exceptionally sharp teeth, naturally feeding on metal ores.
The Magic Artifacts of a cultivator can be easily reduced to food in their presence.
Furthermore, these demon insects have bodies as hard as iron, comparable to Magic Artifacts of the same level, making it very difficult to kill them with Dharma Powers and spells.
More importantly, when they gather in groups, they have a collective damage transfer ability, allowing countless demon insects to share the damage from large-area spell attacks.
With this special ability and their massive population, most Golden Core Stage Cultivators can only choose to flee when encountering them.
Fortunately, these demon insects can only inhabit areas near large Spirit Gold Veins. Once a vein is exhausted after being devoured, they must migrate to another vein promptly, or else they will starve due to the lack of Spirit Gold Ore!
Therefore, aside from causing massive destruction to Spirit Gold Veins, these demon insects do not pose any significant threat to the Cultivation World.
At this moment, as Zhou Chun saw the “Gold-Devouring Ant” colony rushing towards him, he immediately descended rapidly towards the ground and then tapped his waist’s Spirit Beast Pouch to release the Golden Armor Turtle Bearer, Stone.
At this time, the “Gold-Devouring Ants” had not yet realized the seriousness of the situation and ignored the massive Golden Armor Turtle Bearer entirely, charging downward like the weight of a mountain.
But as a circle of grayish spiritual light spread from Stone, the Golden Armor Turtle Bearer, the “Gold-Devouring Ants” immediately began falling to the ground like raindrops, with tens of thousands dying even before they could make contact!
Although these demon insects are low in intelligence and have no concept of death, the instinct for survival made them temporarily halt their dive.
Under Zhou Chun’s command, Stone, the Golden Armor Turtle Bearer, remained still, only surrounded by the “Magnetism Divine Light.”
After a while of this standoff, the ant swarm seemed to receive some signal and made another wave of desperate charge.
The result was no different than before, with only tens of thousands of flying ant corpses left behind, and they couldn’t even touch that grayish spiritual light!
At this, the ant swarm seemed truly terrified and soon voluntarily left the area.
Seeing this, Zhou Chun happily collected all the flying ant corpses on the ground.
The corpses of these “Gold-Devouring Ants” are extremely rich in gold. After being smelted by True Fire, they yield a special “Ant Gold.” This “Ant Gold” has a unique ability as a harmonizing agent, used to blend various Spirit Golds, enhancing their individual properties. Artifact Refiners highly value this substance.
Afterward, Zhou Chun traveled astride the turtle, and as he moved, the ant colonies retreated.
In the eyes of Jiang Country cultivators, the perilous Gold Dawn Mountain Range was like a backyard garden for him, strolling casually.
Ultimately, he chose a valley in the mountains, dense with Spiritual Energy and Golden Qi, as his shelter and began his life of secluded cultivation.
In the days that followed, Zhou Chun gathered Morning Sunlight Purple Qi every morning for refinement, and at night, he combined Moon Essence Spirit Qi with the Morning Sunlight Purple Qi.
All this was done above the Azure Sky Nine Heavens, unaffected by weather changes.
Even the strong winds in the sky were blocked by his Spirit Pets taking turns, ensuring his peace while collecting sun and moon qi.
And the “Gold-Devouring Ant” colony seemed to have accepted Zhou Chun’s dominion over the area near the valley and dared not venture easily into the area covered by the Golden Armor Turtle Bearer’s aura.