But it was said that after Qingjiao left Thunder Lizard Island with Zhou Daoyi and Zhou Chun, under Zhou Daoyi's guidance, they flew back to the mainland along the route they took when they came.

However, they had only flown less than 500 miles when they spotted Zhou Mingde chasing after him with his "Flowing Fire Flying Star Escape".

After learning from Zhou Mingde that there might be a fourth-level monster chasing after them, the group discussed for a while and asked Zhou Chunlai, the weakest person in cultivation, to escort the Zhuyuan Fruit Tree back to the mainland.

Of course, in order to protect Zhou Chun's safety and prevent accidents, Zhou Mingde gave the Vulcan Jackal to him to carry with him.

Then Zhou Daoyi and Zhou Mingde split up and fled towards the mainland along different routes.

In this way, risks are spread again.

If a fourth-level monster really catches up, it most likely won't chase a second-level human monk.

But Zhou Mingde and Zhou Daoyi had to gamble on their luck.

If a fourth-level monster catches up, one of them will definitely be targeted.

And whether they can get rid of each other's tracking depends on luck.

Zhou Chun could only pray in his heart for the two elders of the clan at this time.

After he separated from the two elders, he rode a golden-winged tiger to escort Zhuyuan Fruit Tree back along the route he came from.

They had already walked this route when they came here, and encountered no notable dangers along the way.

At this time, it had only been half an hour since Lu Ran returned along this route. If Zhou Chun continued walking, the risk would definitely not be too great.

This is also true. Zhou Chun returned all the way along this route. Although he also encountered some attacks by some unsighted first- and second-level monsters, he was easily dismissed.

Until he successfully reached the land beside Longyuan Ze, he did not encounter any danger worth mentioning.

As soon as he came back, Lu Ran showed up to see him soon.

"It seems that you, Fellow Daoist Zhou, have succeeded. I wonder why the other three Fellow Daoists did not return with Fellow Daoist Zhou?"

At the edge of the water, after Lu Ran appeared, he just glanced at the Zhuyuan Fruit Tree supported by the Golden Winged Tiger on his back, and then looked at Zhou Chun with strange eyes to inquire about the situation of Zhou Mingde and the others.

Seeing this, Zhou Chun pondered for a moment and then said truthfully: "Just as Senior Lu reminded us, those thunder lizard beasts are indeed protected by fourth-order monster beasts. The three Supreme Elders discovered the thunder dragon lizard.

After asking for help, we decided to divide our troops into four groups to return to the shore. The juniors happened to be on the same road that Senior Lu had taken, so they would be one step ahead."

Although he was worried about the three elders in his heart, he did not believe that all three elders would die in Longyuan Ze.

So he wasn't afraid that Lu Ran would dare to try anything against him.

If your words are really flashy and try to hide something, it may have the opposite effect.

Sure enough, after listening to his words, Lu Ran nodded thoughtfully and said, "Is that so? Then I'll wait here for the other three fellow Taoists!"

"Senior Lu is willing to accompany you, so it would be great."

Zhou Chun agreed without hesitation.

Then the two of them waited patiently on the shore.

After waiting like this for almost an hour, the two of them waited until Zhou Mingde returned.

"Sir, you are finally back!"

Seeing Zhou Mingde appear, Zhou Chun was relieved and hurriedly stepped forward to ask about the situation.

At this time, Zhou Mingde's complexion was sallow and dry, and he looked like his vitality was severely damaged.

Facing Zhou Chun's concerned inquiry, he waved his hand and said, "I'm fine. It's just that the escape technique caused some serious damage to the body's vitality. I'll be able to recover after a month or two of rest."

After speaking, his eyes met with Lu Ran's, and he nodded slightly and said hello, then looked at Zhou Chun and said, "What? Dao Yi and Dao Quan haven't come back yet?"

"Yes, so far, this junior has only seen you return!"

Zhou Chun nodded with a worried look on his face.

"That may be because I have chosen the right direction. Let's get there first!"

Zhou Mingde's eyes flashed and he spoke softly, as if he was not worried about what would happen to Zhou Daoyi and the two of them.

After finishing speaking, he looked at the Zhuyuan fruit tree that was placed on the ground, and suddenly said again: "It's not possible to keep this Zhuyuan fruit tree here all the time. It has to be transplanted back to the family as soon as possible. Zhengchun, you

Let's take it back to plant it first, I'll just wait here for Dao Yi and the others."

"this……"

Zhou Chun hesitated slightly and looked at Zhou Mingde's face.

But all I saw was the firmness in the other person's eyes.

So I could only swallow my humble words, nodded slightly and said: "Junior understands, then I will take the first step."

After saying goodbye, he said goodbye to Lu Ran beside him, and then released the golden-winged tiger again, and continued to make it carry the Zhuyuan Fruit Tree all the way to the underground sewer exit.

After Zhou Chun left for a while, Lu Ran suddenly looked at Zhou Mingde and said, "Does Fellow Daoist Zhou not have the Life Soul Cards of the other two Fellow Daoists in his hand?"

The life soul tablet in his mouth is a special treasure that can contain a ray of soul separated from the monks in the Zifu period.

If this Zifu period monk dies unexpectedly, the life soul tablet will be broken, letting people know that he has an accident.

Generally, those Zifu period monks from large sects keep such life soul tablets in their sects, so that the sect can keep abreast of their life and death status.

The Zhou family used to have life soul tablets, just like Zhou Mingde himself had one.

When he leaves the family, the life soul tablet will be placed in the Zhou family's ancestral temple. The patriarch of the Zhou family will stop by every day to check whether the life soul tablet is normal.

However, Zhou Daoyi and Zhou Daoquan, who later successfully opened the Zi Mansion, did not have the Life Soul Card.

At this time, facing Lu Ran's inquiry, Zhou Mingde immediately said: "The refining of the Life Soul Tablet requires the use of precious spiritual trees such as soul-nourishing wood. Although my Zhou family has little savings now, we have never had the opportunity to meet such people.

Spiritual things.”

"What's more, Zhou also believes that Dao Yi and Dao Quan are both good people and have their own fate, so there is no need to worry about their safety!"

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! After hearing his answer, Lu Ran stopped talking.

On the other side, after Zhou Chun protected the Zhuyuan Fruit Tree and entered the underground river outlet, he transferred to the Silver Lightning Python and went upstream in vain, returning to Lanzhou in nearly two days.

After that, he put on the golden-winged tiger and transported the Zhuyuan Fruit Tree back to Jiufeng Ridge of the Zhou family safely.

And precious spiritual roots like the Zhuyuan Fruit Tree should naturally be planted in the safest and most spiritual place of the Zhou family.

Therefore, after returning to the family mountain gate, Zhou Chun went straight to Pagoda Peak.

He arrived near the top of the mountain, in front of Zhou Mingde's cave.

Then the jade vat containing the Zhuyuan fruit trees was moved horizontally over a pit, the fruit trees were pulled out and placed in the pit, and the soil was quickly filled.

After doing this, he looked at Zhou Jiahe who had already rushed over and said, "Thirteenth Aunt, the rest is up to you."

"Don't worry, Patriarch, I will do my best to take good care of this spiritual root!"

Zhou Jiahe nodded solemnly, then stepped forward to cast a spell, gathering spiritual energy to drop rain and nourish the Yuan-Building Fruit Tree.

Zhou Chun stayed at the top of the mountain for a while. After some observation, he saw that there was no big problem, so he went back to his residence to rest.

Zhou Chun meditated and rested for several hours, but after coming out, he still had no news of the return of Zhou Mingde and others.

This made him feel heavy.

He hoped that Zhou Daoyi and Zhou Daoquan were just lost, otherwise the loss of either of them would be a huge loss that is difficult to accept for the Zhou family.

And from an emotional point of view, Zhou Chun didn't want these two elders who cared about him the most to be in any danger.

Time passed day by day, and Zhou Chun would feel tortured and unable to sleep every day.

Even though Taoist companion Su Yuzhen has been comforting him, he can't make him feel at ease.

After waiting like this for five days, he finally waited until Zhou Mingde returned.

Yes, Zhou Mingde came back alone, but Zhou Daoyi and Zhou Daoquan were nowhere to be seen.

This result made Zhou Chun's face instantly look ugly.

Looking at his face, Zhou Mingde knew how he was feeling at the moment, so he immediately took the initiative to explain: "After Zhengchun you left, I waited for half a day for Dao Quan to return, but then I waited with Dao Quan together.

I've been here for three days and haven't been able to wait for Dao Yi to return!"

"Although I don't know why Dao Yi was late and didn't come back for so long, I and Dao Quan both felt that there was no need to wait there any longer, so they asked fellow Taoist Lu Ran to arrange for someone to wait there for him. I and Dao Quan

Then come back first!"

At the end of his words, Zhou Mingde's voice became much heavier.

There is no doubt that among the three monks of the Zhou family in the Purple Palace period, Zhou Daoyi is definitely the most important one.

But now there is no news about him.

This made both Zhou Mingde and Zhou Chun feel very heavy.

But things have come to this, no matter how worried they are, they can only accept the reality.

So after Zhou Chun was silent for a long time, he nodded to Zhou Mingde and said: "Junior understands, you have worked hard too, Supreme Elder. Go back to the cave to rest first!"

"Don't worry too much. Dao Yi also has some life-saving things in his hands. It won't happen so easily. Maybe he was just delayed by something!"

Zhou Mingde comforted Zhou Chun for a while before returning to the cave to recuperate.

In the next two or three months, Zhou Chun personally went to Longxing Valley several times.
To be continued...