Because of Lin Hongyu's warning, the three core leaders of the Zhou Family who had just achieved a brilliant victory, all had a shadow cast over their hearts at this moment.
To prevent further worry, Zhou Mingde also chose not to let the fourth Zhou Family Cultivator know about this matter, nor did he explain the sudden departure of Zhou Daoyi to Zhou Jiapeng and Zhou Jiahe, who had witnessed the scene.
Even though Zhou Jiahe was filled with doubts, seeing that Zhou Mingde, the Supreme Elder, showed no intention of explaining, they did not take the initiative to ask.
All along, these Elders of the Zhou Family knew that Zhou Mingde, Zhou Daoyi, and Zhou Chun must be hiding some secret activities from them.
Although they occasionally felt curious, none of them would truly try to satisfy their curiosity by prying into these matters.
Because they were all aware that if this matter was meant to be kept from them, it definitely would not be shared with them.
If they were to investigate privately, it might instead lead to misunderstandings and affect the unity of the family.
At the same time, they also believed that whatever Zhou Mingde and the others were hiding, the intention must certainly be for the good of the family.
Thus, the group of four continued their journey onwards, heading off to cleanse the chaos caused by the Demon Beasts.
However, what originally should have been a joint effort now split into three teams, with Zhou Mingde and Zhou Chun each going alone, while Zhou Jiahe and Zhou Jiapeng formed a team.
On the surface, this was to increase the efficiency of the cleansing, but in reality, it was due to Lin Hongyu's warning, a deliberate move to spread out the risk.
For the next two or three days, Zhou Chun and Zhou Mingde were on tenterhooks each day, unable to fully concentrate on cleaning the Demon Beasts, leaving the task entirely to their Spirit Pets.
Each day they would use messenger hawks to contact the family, and each time they received a message back, they were filled with trepidation.
Fortunately, over the course of two or three days, the messages from the family were all normal, and none of them encountered any attacks by the Burrowing Earth Dragon.
This meant the danger must have passed, at least for their side.
That day, as Zhou Chun flew over a mountain fortress, he encountered several first-class Demon Beasts wreaking havoc within.
He instantly descended from the sky and used his skills to eliminate all the mischievous Demon Beasts.
But just as he had finished and was about to leave, suddenly a youth around eleven or twelve years old rushed up to him and "plop" fell to his knees before him.
"Senior's Divine Skills are vast and mighty, please save my master. If you can save his life, I am willing to serve as an ox or horse for the rest of my life in gratitude for your kindness!"
As the youth knelt on the ground, he kept kowtowing incessantly to Zhou Chun, even having a faint presence of Mana about him, also a Cultivator with the second layer of Qi Refinement Realm.
Zhou Chun saw that he had kowtowed until his forehead was bleeding and was somewhat moved by the youth's filial piety.
He felt a surge of compassion and said, "Stand up and speak. What exactly happened to your master? Is it an injury or poison? An internal or external wound?"
Hearing his question, the youth hurriedly looked up and answered, "Senior has great insight, my master was injured by a Demon Beast while saving civilians. The beast that injured him was a Dog Demon; before my master lost consciousness, he said the Dog Demon's claws are poisonous!"
"Alright, then lead Zhou someone to see your master."
Zhou Chun waved his hand, indicating for the youth to lead the way.
"Thank you, Senior, thank you!"
The youth thanked him while covering the wound on his forehead with his sleeve and hurriedly led the way with large strides.
Following him through the city for a while, Zhou Chun arrived at a secluded courtyard.
Upon entering the yard, Zhou Chun swept with his Divine Sense and quickly found an elderly white-haired man lying on a bed in one of the rooms, his life force weak and his vitality dim, as if he was on the brink of death.
Sure enough, the youth quickly led him to that room, then opened the door to the elder lying on the bed and said, "This is it, Senior. On the bed is my master Mo Renyi, with 'Mo' meaning benevolence, 'Ren' standing for righteousness, and 'Yi' as in healer."
"Mo Renyi, it's quite a good name."
Zhou Chun nodded slightly, then approached and placed his hand over the elder's chest, imbuing a thread of Mana to check his condition.
After a while, he nodded and said, "There's still hope."
With that, he patted his Storage Pouch at his waist and took out two different jade bottles, then handed out an Elixir from each to the youth.
"These two Elixirs, one can neutralize the toxins in his body, the other can nourish his depleted Essence Energy. Help him take them with warm water, and it shouldn't take more than three days for him to wake up."
Having said this without waiting for the youth to react, he waved his hand and said, "Alright, Zhou someone still has to go elsewhere to vanquish demons and eliminate evil, so I won't stay here any longer."
Watching as he turned to leave, the youth urgently called out, "Senior, for the life-saving grace you've shown my master, I have nothing with which to repay you. Please leave your name so I can explain to my master!"
"Jiufeng Ridge's Zhou Family, Zhou Zhengchun."
Zhou Chun's voice lingered slowly in the courtyard, but his figure had already risen into the sky, soaring into the clouds.
As for the matter of repaying the favor, he had never cared about it from the beginning to the end.
His intervention was simply in recognition of the youth's filial devotion and out of respect for the old man's benevolent spirit in risking his life against a Demon Beast to save mortals.