Beast Families: I Have an Illustrated Book of All Souls

Chapter 1516 An Unexpected Blessing (Part 2)

Inside the Stone Spirit Cave, beside the Spirit Spring, countless beast shadows lay scattered about.

In this battle, all of Ye Jingcheng's spirit beasts were seriously injured.

The one that was most seriously injured was naturally the Crimson Flame Fox.

Even though Ye Jingcheng had already used his precious light and Tao Mu had continuously unleashed the Heavenly Wood Divine Light, they still couldn't open their eyes at this moment.

Using the Purple Flame Heart Flame against a sixth-tier opponent, and then transforming it into Azure Sun Flame, was still too much of a challenge for the Crimson Flame Fox at this moment.

However, what was strange at this moment was that even though the Crimson Flame Fox couldn't open its eyes...

However, there was a fiery furnace-like spirit image between his brows, constantly burning fiercely.

Even the vast expanse of the Heavenly Wood Divine Light that Tao Mu unleashed ended up in the furnace.

This infuriated Taomu. She knew that Zhu Yan and Yu Linlong were also seriously injured, and if things continued like this, she would be exhausted to death!
In other words, the aura of the Crimson Flame Fox was constantly growing stronger, which made it dare not stop.

However, at that moment, flames suddenly ignited from the spirit furnace between the brows of the Crimson Flame Fox.

Furthermore, within a hundred feet around him, countless spiritual flames appeared. These spiritual flames were of various colors, including golden, crimson, dark, red, and green.

Falling into the air, densely packed, it resembled a myriad of flames converging, a truly magnificent sight.

These countless spiritual flames naturally caused the group of spirit beasts, including the Golden Scale Beast and the White-browed Roc Fish, who were waiting to be healed, to retreat. Even Peach Wood was startled and stopped inputting Heavenly Wood Divine Light.

If the flames were to fall on it, it wouldn't be able to withstand them.

It is currently only at the mid-stage of the fifth rank.

After escaping the central area, Tao Mu repeatedly activated the formation to protect all the spiritual herbs in the cave.

Fortunately, at this moment, Ye Jingcheng's cave heaven was equipped with the Heaven-Mending and Spirit-Nourishing Array and the Myriad Laws Devouring Spirit Array.

Two spirit arrays protected the group of spiritual herbs within.

"It's somewhat similar to my master's divine realm!" Tao Mu exclaimed as the spiritual medicine was protected.

Along with it was the Stone Spirit. Of course, the Golden Scale Beast couldn't help but let out a low growl, a hint of pity appearing in its eyes, before it looked around again.

At this moment, all it wanted was to find its owner.

It also wants to devour a primordial spirit, or an advancement pill!

Only Zhu Yan and Yu Linlong could barely hold on near the Crimson Flame Fox.

However, the two beasts were also somewhat displeased by the spiritual fire, so they also retreated.

"The primordial spirit of the Heavenly Virtue God has such wondrous uses!" Ye Jingcheng, who happened to be entering the cave at this moment, was overjoyed to see this scene.

He hadn't expected that the Crimson Flame Fox, despite not having recovered from its injuries, seemed to be on the verge of comprehending the Divine Realm.

In his view, this was naturally not just because the Crimson Flame Fox had high talent.

More importantly, it devoured the primordial spirit of the Heavenly Virtue God, causing its divine soul to grow much larger.

I now have a faint feeling that my soul power is about to reach the sixth level.

At the same time, the vitality generated by the burning Qingyang Flame will provide some feedback.

Therefore, the Crimson Flame Fox is not lacking in vitality and blood.

However, due to the backlash from the Purple Flame Heart Flame, his eyes have not yet recovered.

But it seems that breaking through to the sixth rank is not far off.

Of course, Ye Jingcheng did not dare to be careless at this moment. The breakthrough of the Crimson Flame Fox would inevitably affect his alchemy skills, so he naturally dared not refine the Primordial Spirit Pill at this moment.

He simply took out a Azure God Pill and threw it at the Crimson Flame Fox.

The Crimson Flame Fox seemed to sense Ye Jingcheng's approach as well, and took the Azure God Pill.

This Azure God Pill was refined by Ye Jingcheng after he broke through to the sixth rank. There were three pills in total, and the one given to him now is the best quality among them, with rich pill patterns and a mellow pill fragrance!

After swallowing the elixir, the spiritual fire around the Crimson Flame Fox increased even more. Ye Jingcheng dared not hesitate and took out a full six top-grade spirit stones and hundreds of high-grade spirit stones.

They began setting up the Spirit Gathering Array.

These top-grade spirit stones were originally from Penglai, and they come in handy now.

Once the Spirit Gathering Array was successfully set up, the spiritual energy within the spirit stones was released, transforming into streaks of spiritual light and dragon shadows that circled around the Crimson Flame Fox.

These spirit stones are mainly fire-attribute spirit stones.

Therefore, the immense fire-attribute spiritual energy caused the beasts to retreat even further.

After the arrangements were completed, Ye Jingcheng finally breathed a sigh of relief.

However, he was still a little worried, because after the Crimson Flame Fox broke through, it would most likely break through to the sixth rank on the spot.

Ye Jingcheng was naturally worried that the Crimson Flame Fox might fail to break through.

After all, the sixth-order Yuan Shen pill he originally wanted to refine was still nowhere to be found.

The Crimson Flame Fox's injuries haven't healed yet.

As a result, he could only take out the remaining Rejuvenating Heavenly Ginseng Fruit, the Five-Colored Nourishing Lotus, and some Heavenly Illusion Silver Jade Flowers.

They melted it into a spiritual liquid and gave it to the Crimson Flame Fox.

This would naturally be wasteful, but it would at least increase the chances of the Crimson Flame Fox successfully breaking through by 20% to 30%.

The breakthrough of the Crimson Flame Fox was related to his own alchemy skills, so he had no choice but to pay close attention.

As for the Primordial Spirit Pill, it can only be obtained when the Ye family re-enters the Earthly Immortal Realm, or through an exchange at the Rank 6 Trade Fair.

Moreover, if the Crimson Flame Fox breaks through, his alchemy skills could even reach the middle grade of the sixth rank.

At that time, there must have been quite a few Nascent Soul cultivators who sought him out to refine pills.

"Master..." The group of spirit beasts, wood spirits, and stone spirits couldn't help but call out to Ye Jingcheng.

At this moment, all the spirit beasts were staring longingly.

They all played a significant role in this massacre, and they also sustained considerable injuries.

The Jade Dragon was alright. It had devoured the body and primordial spirit of the Nine-Headed Serpent Lord, which was also a great tonic. Although it was injured, there was still a lot of spiritual light emanating from its scales.

His cultivation had even been significantly strengthened, and Ye Jingcheng even wanted to kill a few more Nascent Soul cultivators and have them devoured by these spirit beasts.

But he also knew that not only could he not do that, but even if he did, very few Nascent Soul cultivators would give him the same opportunity as the two Nascent Soul cultivators from Penglai.

Furthermore, his reputation will surely spread today, and no Nascent Soul cultivator will dare to confront him head-on.

Even those few demon saints from the Heavenly Dragon Sea and the Dragon Whale Sea are probably starting to band together now.

Apart from the Jade Dragon, which gained extra benefits in this battle, the other spirit beasts did not fare so well.

There weren't many Nascent Souls in Penglai, and they didn't devour many.

On the contrary, each injury was more serious than the last.

After the great battle, Ye Jingcheng gave them a precious light, but the amount of light was far from enough, and their injuries had not yet healed.

Even the Seven-Colored Cloud Deer was still unable to recover.

Seeing this, Ye Jingcheng also began to bestow upon them precious light and spiritual pills.

The first one is naturally the Jade Dragon.

Ye Jingcheng was waiting for Yu Linlong to fully recover before heading to the states of Qi and Lu to guard the gateway to the East China Sea.

Moreover, because the Jade Dragon devoured a sixth-tier primordial spirit and possesses strong regenerative abilities, it is the fastest to recover.

After Yu Long finished giving it to him, Ye Jingcheng looked at the Seven-Colored Cloud Deer.

The Seven-Colored Cloud Deer can also use the Heavenly Wood Divine Light to restore other spirit beasts, making it his second choice.

"Master, my true essence is already very solid!" When it was the Golden Scale Beast's turn, its eyes were wide open, just like the second and third tier beasts, and it nuzzled Ye Jingcheng's hand with its head.

Furthermore, it even imitated the Crimson Flame Fox by sticking out its tongue to lick Ye Jingcheng's palm.

Ye Jingcheng slapped it directly, causing it great pain.

"Cultivate well, and next time you'll have a sixth-tier primordial spirit to devour!" Ye Jingcheng said irritably.

This golden-scaled beast was robust and sturdy, and even resembled the Crimson Flame Fox. However, he still hoped that the golden-scaled beast would break through to the next level as soon as possible.

After all, he has the bloodline of a Qilin, and with his extra efforts, Ye Jingcheng is still very optimistic about him.

However, he had already consumed the advancement pill, and he had no other means to enhance the Golden Scale Beast.

And so he began to speak.

Upon hearing this, the golden-scaled beast was overjoyed and forgot all its pain.

After absorbing the treasure light, he swallowed a few more spirit pills and then voluntarily entered the Crimson Flame Fox's spiritual fire.

It simply doesn't interfere; each time, it merely draws the spirit fire to its body and uses its earth armor technique to continuously resist the spirit fire and its oppressive force.

It was just like training in Ye Jingcheng's divine realm.

Ye Jingcheng saw that the Golden Scale Beast understood the situation and did not disturb the Crimson Flame Fox, so he didn't say anything.

Instead, it also infused other spirit beasts, as well as spirit insects such as Vajra Flying Ants, with its precious light.

The King Kong Flying Ant swarm suffered considerable losses, with its numbers reduced by three-quarters. However, the fifth-tier ant king and core flying ants, who possessed the bloodline of the Primordial Sky Ant, were largely unharmed.

After finishing these tasks, Ye Jingcheng began refining sixth-grade medicinal herbs.

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Lingyun Peak, with its golden glazed red tiles appearing even more crimson under the sunlight, and a huge sacrificial cauldron resting on the square.

The billowing blue smoke transformed into a smoke dragon that soared into the sky and swirled among the clouds.

In front of the alchemy cauldron, all the memorial tablets were arranged in the square.

The memorial tablets before me included both old and new ones, their deep red ink and brief words glaringly bright in the sunlight.

Ye Xuecang was once again in charge of reading the eulogy, with Ye Jingcheng also present.

Refining elixirs is naturally much simpler than alchemy.

Therefore, he melted down the Rejuvenating Ginseng Fruit in half a day.

This spiritual fruit can provide a large amount of true essence when breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage, so it is the first one to be refined.

Although he still intended to finish the smelting as soon as possible, the sacrificial ceremony was also very important.

Therefore, he also appeared on Lingyun Peak at the very beginning of the ceremony.

Ling Yunfeng seemed somewhat unfamiliar with all the members of the Ye family at this moment.

Even if each reconstruction is done exactly as it was originally.

However, it was breached five or six times, and the buildings and courtyard of Lingshan were rebuilt five or six times.

The only things that remain in their original state are Lingyun Lake at the top and Ye Jingcheng's courtyard.

The former is in Lingyun Lake, the place where the Ye family first held secret meetings.

Ye Jingcheng's courtyard was naturally there to protect those few memories he held.

There is also an apricot tree in the yard.

However, the apricot tree looked somewhat immature and lacked vitality.

Clearly, there is a lack of high-level spiritual plant masters to carefully cultivate them.

Ye Jingcheng tried hard to find the bamboo forest, but there was no bamboo forest left on Lingyun Peak.

A light rain began to fall from the sky, though it was covered by a spiritual barrier.

But the misty, rainy scene in the sky still brought Ye Jingcheng's thoughts back to many years ago.

But everything has changed.

Ye Jingcheng looked around and saw that there were not many of his clansmen of similar age left.

At that moment, Ye Jingli also happened to be looking at him.

The two looked at each other, the misty rain drifting by, as if bamboo shadows were echoing back, and bamboo rats were flying about, but the old pavilion of yesteryear was nowhere to be seen.

Ye Jingcheng remained silent, as did Ye Jingli.

Over the years, his sixth brother has become somewhat oblivious to the world.

Behind him are the descendants of Ye Jingli and the descendants of Ye Jingyun.

Everyone appeared solemn.

"Let the ritual begin!" Ye Xuecang waved his hand, presenting many prepared spirit beast heads, and also taking out a lot of spirit wine and spirit tea.

These spirit wines and teas have an extremely rich spiritual aroma, but even so, these spirit teas are mixed with quite a bit of Spring Welcoming Tea.

Although this Spring Welcoming Tea has no special spiritual power, you can get a cup of it at any of the Ye family's restaurants if you want.

But this spiritual tea holds fond memories for most of the elders of the Ye family.

With this spiritual tea mixed in, the heroic spirits of the Ye family will be able to better know that the Ye family has overthrown the Demonic Sect and avenged their humiliation!
Ye Xuecang then began reading the eulogy.

After the eulogy ended, Ye Xuecang looked at all the clansmen:
"Although we have succeeded today and become one of the immortal races of the Great Yu Realm, our mission is far from over. The dragon race in the Heavenly Dragon Sea is still rampaging, and there are still many demonic cultivators roaming freely in the Xuan Tian Peng Lai!"

"Therefore, I hope everyone can continue to work hard!" Ye Xuecang's words were particularly powerful, and he actually had more to say.

That means the Ye family's enemies might also include the Mu family and the Spirit Realm.

All he can do now is advise his people to keep working hard and never forget their original aspirations.

After the sacrificial ceremony ended, Ye Jingcheng returned to his courtyard. The original small ancestral hall was still there, and there was no dust on it, which showed that someone had been taking care of it over the years.

On the altar in the ancestral hall, Ye Haiyun's memorial tablet stands in the center, with a few apricots and a few sticks of sandalwood, creating a tranquil and simple atmosphere.

Behind Ye Jingcheng, Ye Qingnian and Ye Qingfeng were also present, along with Ye Yunsheng, Ye Tengming, and other descendants.

Although Ye Jingcheng has offered sacrifices several times over the years.

But it was only in this courtyard that he could truly sense Ye Haiyun's presence.

He could recall everything Ye Haiyun had taught him back then.

"Father, news has arrived from the Central Region." Ye Qingnian finally spoke after the sacrificial ceremony ended.

The news from the Central Region was also spread.

These past two days, Ye Jingcheng has been either healing his injuries or in the cave, and even when he appears at the sacrificial ceremony, he can't rest for a moment.

Now Ye Qingnian has the opportunity to report the situation in the Central Region.

“Xuanwu is dead, and the spirit vine has been taken by Jinguang Temple!” Ye Qingnian said.

That mysterious spirit vine was undoubtedly a remarkable treasure.

Ye Jingcheng was also tempted.

But he knew he could only have one: the Spirit Vine or the Destroyer of Penglai.

Fortunately, Penglai reaped considerable rewards.

Ye Jingcheng was somewhat surprised that the Spirit Vine fell into the hands of Jin Guang Temple.

He originally thought it would fall into the hands of Ziyang or Baiqiao Shenjun.

But now it seems that the power of Kinkoji Temple is far greater than it appears on the surface.

It should be noted that this time, Jin Guang Temple only sent one Nascent Soul cultivator, not two Nascent Soul cultivators together.

"The Southern Region is now divided up by the three major immortal sects and the Wang and Zhao families, and these families are preparing to establish a South China Sea cultivation world to obtain cultivation resources from the South China Sea!" Ye Qingnian continued.

Ye Jingcheng was not surprised by this. After all, the Southern Region was overrun by the Demonic Sect, with rampant demonic energy and corpses. It would probably take a long time for them to make any money from it.

But the South China Sea is different; resources can be directly obtained there.

There was a cultivation world in the South China Sea before, but it was destroyed by the Xuantian Sect in conjunction with the Demon Saint.

"What news has come from the Wang and Zhao families?" Ye Jingcheng then asked.

“Father is truly a prophet. These two families need your and Uncle Yulong's help to put pressure on Jinguang Temple!” Ye Qingnian continued.

(End of this chapter)