Beast Families: I Have an Illustrated Book of All Souls

Chapter 1553 Spirit Vein Enhancement Alchemy Conference (Part 2 Combined, Requesting Monthly Tickets)
The morning light shone brightly on the entire Stone Spirit Cave, making it appear even more vibrant and energetic.

Ye Jingcheng landed on the mountain peak early on. Several spiritual springs had already converged and transformed into a fifth-grade high-quality spiritual lake.

Beside the Spirit Eye Spring, there are also many Spirit Eye Trees and Spirit Eye Stones.

These spiritual objects range from the third to the fifth rank.

These were all items Ye Jingcheng had collected from his spoils of war over the years.

Because the Ye family also gained a lot, and the Ye family's most important spiritual herbs were almost all in Ye Jingcheng's cave.

Therefore, these spiritual objects remained here, increasing the spiritual energy of the grotto.

Behind Ye Jingcheng were Ye Tengming and Ye Qingnian, both of whom were equally solemn at this moment.

"Let's begin!" Sensing that the time was almost up, Ye Jingcheng held the array plate in one hand and took out a large number of spirit stones with the other, burying them around the mountain peak.

Even the worst of these spirit stones are high-grade spirit stones, and there are many top-grade spirit stones among them.

As the spirit stones were activated by the formation, they transformed into dragons of spiritual energy, galloping across the mountains and fields.

Ye Tengming and Ye Qingnian also began to set up the remaining array plates and array bases.

This formation is naturally a sixth-order spirit-gathering formation.

The goal is to raise the spiritual vein of the cave to the sixth level.

With the blessing of the Heavenly Refining Scripture and the mysterious star map, the entire cave is growing larger every day.

It can now fully support a sixth-order spiritual vein and a sixth-order spiritual herb garden.

After a long time, as all the spiritual techniques were fully activated, the formation came together, and a vortex began to emerge in the entire void. Then, a ripple of spiritual energy spread out from it, turning into a tide, filled with a large amount of pure spiritual energy, and it was beautiful and magnificent.

In an instant, wherever the ripples passed, all the medicinal herbs seemed to be forcibly pulled outwards.

This is enough to prove the power of this sixth-order spiritual energy tide.

Leading the pack were Zhu Yan, the Seven-Colored Cloud Deer, the Golden Scale Beast, the Sky-Splitting Divine Earthworm, and Ye Jingcheng's sons, Ye Qingnian and Ye Tengming.

The sixth-order spiritual energy tide is a decent cultivation item.

It is especially beneficial for Nascent Soul cultivators and fifth-order demon emperors.

Naturally, Ye Jingcheng prioritized his descendants and the spirit beasts he wanted to cultivate.

Following the first tier are the second tier, including Stone Spirit Peach Wood and others.

Of course, it's not important that the spirit beasts like Stone Spirit, Peach Wood Spirit, Wood Demon, and Spring Spirit are not included.

Having experienced this trade fair, he understood even more clearly that the most crucial battle for the Ye family might not be the battle against the Mu family, but the battle to enter the spirit world.

Although there are dozens of spatial nodes in the Ye family's spatial nodes, only four or five are actually marked.

These four or five spatial nodes are not close to the Great Yu Realm; some are even in the Eleventh Mystic Realm.

The Ye family was unaware of what this meant before.

But after experiencing this Nascent Soul trading fair, he estimated that those spatial nodes were probably the outermost part of the Tianxuan Continent, which was once occupied by the Ye family, and also the place where it was most likely to be possible to sneak across and successfully break through the alien siege.

He did not spread the news at the auction.

He estimated that the place where the Mu family and a few other forces in the spirit world smuggled themselves across was probably one of these spatial nodes.

Ye Jingcheng couldn't possibly allow all the Nascent Soul cultivators to sneak across the border to be from this outer perimeter, as this would greatly increase the vigilance of those alien races.

Therefore, he had not even told Zheng Yuan Shenjun about it.

For the Ye family, the sense of urgency did not ease at all.

In Ye Jingcheng's view, even a Nascent Soul cultivator or four Demon Saints wouldn't be enough to secure an escape from the alien race. In the future, at least five Demon Saints, plus several sixth-tier battle formations, would need to ascend together. Ideally, Jade Dragon and Crimson Flame Fox would advance again to the mid-sixth tier. Only then could the Ye family find a glimmer of hope.

Therefore, he naturally needs to cultivate combat power in a targeted manner.

In comparison, auxiliary spirits like the Spring Spirit Peach Wood and the Cave Heaven Stone Spirit are not in such a hurry.

Once you reach the spirit world, where it's filled with various resources, you can gradually improve.

When the tide comes, not only Ye Jingcheng's main spirit beasts and spirit insects such as the Vajra Flying Ants, but even the Moon Spirit Shells in the Spirit Lake benefit greatly from the residual power of the tide.

This is enough to show that this sixth-order tide is even better than the tide that the Ye family obtained when they upgraded their spiritual veins.

Of course, he knew the reason.

After all, previous upgrades to spiritual veins didn't involve using top-grade spirit stones.

But this time, since it was Ye Jingcheng's own cultivation ground, he put in a few top-grade spirit stones.

“When the Central Region and Lingyun Peak begin cultivating sixth-order spiritual veins, we can arrange for the core members of the Ye family to attempt a breakthrough.” Ye Jingcheng looked at the group of spirit beasts in front of him, as well as Ye Qingnian and Ye Tengming who were absorbing the energy with their eyes closed.

A look of joy and anticipation appeared on his face.

Compared to the Ye family before, obtaining a sixth-order spirit gathering array and spirit-attracting stones is now extremely difficult.

If it weren't for getting involved with the Righteous Path Sect and the Purple Sun Sect, the Ye family wouldn't have been able to easily obtain the sixth-order Spirit Gathering Array and Spirit Attracting Stones to enhance the spiritual veins of the Sand Sea.

But once they reach the Immortal Clan, it becomes much easier for the Ye family to acquire them.

Just like this trade fair, what they obtained wasn't difficult to acquire; in fact, the Ye family could even seek out some top-tier immortal sects to purchase from.

As far as he knew, the Divine Medicine Sect had always sold sixth-order spirit gathering arrays and sixth-order spirit attracting stones.

However, the requirements are quite high, and the payment is not made in spirit stones.

Therefore, Lingyun Peak, the ancestral home of the Ye family in the Central Region, will be developed into a sixth-order spiritual vein in the future, if possible.

Of course, the reason why the Ye family was so confident was because after conquering Penglai, the Ye family already had two top-grade spirit stone mines.

They saw a group of spirit beasts and their descendants cultivating and refining their true essence.

Ye Jingcheng did not meditate or cultivate.

Although the sixth-order tide had some effect on him, it was not significant, and it also diverted the spiritual energy of other spirit beasts and Qingnian Tengming.

He walked to the spirit herb garden and laid out sixth-grade spirit soil.

Then he took out the seedlings and medicinal herbs he had obtained and transplanted them one by one.

These spiritual herbs range from fourth to sixth rank, and most of them are materials for the Jade Scale Pill, which are still very important to the Ye family.

Therefore, Ye Jingcheng was extremely careful when transplanting the plants, and after the transplanting was completed, he also used Baoguang (a brand of fertilizer) to carefully cultivate them.

Only after seeing these medicinal herbs all displaying a rich spiritual light did Ye Jingcheng feel satisfied.

The only pity is that the Purple Yuan Void Fruit Tree was obtained from the Mu family, and Ye Jingcheng has not yet dared to transplant it, intending to plant it on Penglai Island.

Even if there are any problems, they won't be a big deal.

Ye Jingyu could also use the characteristics of his technique to conduct another thorough inspection.

At the same time, because the Cold Nether Blood Essence was extracted, Ye Jingcheng no longer had any usable sixth-tier Cold Dragon Blood Essence.

However, because Hanming and the Ye family had always been at odds, he had already decided Hanming's death sentence in his heart.

Moreover, he didn't believe that Han Ming would keep hiding forever.

At that time, I will be able to kill Han Ming sooner or later and condense a purer Han Jiao blood essence. Don't be fooled by the fact that blood essence may seem the same, the closer it is to the Ni Lin and the Demon Saint's primordial spirit, the more spiritual power and bloodline power it contains.

It was naturally far superior to the essence blood condensed from the flesh and blood that Tian Nie had casually severed back then.

This is also why Ye Jingcheng was willing to exchange his life essence for the Purple Origin Void Fruit Tree.

Of course, he also guessed that the other party deliberately left a loophole, possibly to harm Yu Linlong.

He also hoped that the Mu family was unaware of the difference in the essence and blood between Hanming and Yulong. Perhaps this was the first gift he would give to Hanming Demon Saint after breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage.

It should be noted that Ye Jingcheng almost fell into Han Ming's hands back in the Eastern Region.

After thinking for a while, Ye Jingcheng shook his head and continued to take out the spiritual liquid that the Ye family had been researching over the years to cultivate the spiritual medicine in front of him.

At the same time, the stored Blood Spring Spirit began to irrigate some of the spiritual herbs that were of significantly different ages.

As the spiritual herb in front of him grew larger and its spiritual energy became more concentrated, Ye Jingcheng inexplicably thought of two spiritual figures at this moment.

He gazed at the sky, seemingly lost in thought.

"I hope you two can both succeed!" Ye Jingcheng murmured.

These two spirit figures are naturally the Jade Ring Rat and the Earthworm Turning Over the Soil.

Having lived together for over six hundred years, we are not plants or trees; how could we be without feelings?

Both of them went into seclusion twenty years ago to attempt to reach the fourth level.

To be honest, Ye Jingcheng is not optimistic about either of them.

However, his reluctance to let go of his attachment to the two spirit beasts made him somewhat hopeful that they could break through to the next level.

The vast herb garden, without those two, does indeed appear somewhat empty at this moment.

Ye Jingcheng sat down in the golden pavilion next to him, took out some wine, and started drinking.

As the crimson sunset dipped below the horizon and the distant image of the Three Flowers Gathering at the Top of the Sky dissipated, Ye Qingnian rose to his feet.

“Father.” Ye Qingnian bowed respectfully.

"I apologize for causing you trouble, Father, during my seclusion just now."

Ye Qingnian could actually meditate and cultivate for a while, but this time, in order to ensure that nothing unexpected happened, he did not bring any other Nascent Soul cultivators with him to the Purple Clay Realm.

Therefore, Ye Qingnian also needs to participate in the upcoming auctions and trade fairs, and make more connections with cultivators from immortal sects and clans.

"Once we return from the Purple Clay Realm, you should go into seclusion. Leave the family affairs to the other members of the clan." Ye Jingcheng saw that Ye Qingnian's cultivation level was already at the peak of the early Nascent Soul stage, and he was only a hair's breadth away from the middle Nascent Soul stage.

If Ye Qingnian weren't the head of the Ye family and didn't need to seek new development and opportunities for the family, he would have had Ye Qingnian go into seclusion here to break through.

"Father, when it comes to family matters, if we have to choose a successor, I probably won't choose Yun Sheng or Teng Ming," Ye Qingnian said after hesitating for a moment.

His gaze was fixed on Ye Jingcheng, revealing a mixture of fear and hesitation, yet also a firm resolve.

Ye Yunsheng and Ye Tengming are direct descendants of Ye Jingcheng and hold great prestige within the Ye family. If they agree with Ye Jingcheng, no one in the Ye family will disagree.

Moreover, the fact that the two men were in power naturally brought them considerable benefits.

"I'm pleased that you think this way. Anyone with the surname Ye can be the head of the Ye family today. The difference is whether he can bring development to the Ye family and make the Ye family's foundation even greater!"

"You became the head of the Ye family not because you are my son, but because you are Ye Qingnian!" Ye Jingcheng naturally affirmed Ye Qingnian's opinion.

He also knew that Ye Qingnian might have misunderstood his thoughts this time.

He only brought Ye Qingnian and Ye Tengming this time, not because he wanted to focus on cultivating his direct descendants and forming a clan within a clan!

In his mind, both of them had their own tasks, and the rest of the Ye family had to guard the vast territory of the Ye family.

He also needs to go into seclusion to cultivate himself and seek a breakthrough, so he can't spare the time.

"The burden our Ye family bears is far more than simply becoming a Divine Immortal Clan!" Ye Jingcheng looked up at the sky.

The last rays of the setting sun were almost completely gone, and dark clouds began to roll in, soon bringing darkness to the sky.

"This requires the efforts of everyone!"

“Father, I understand.” Ye Qingnian nodded solemnly upon hearing this, but then he added:
“Father, I would like to organize a small gathering of Nascent Soul and Golden Core cultivators in Zisha City.”

"This small meeting is about alchemists, and only fifth-level alchemists and top fourth-level alchemists under two hundred years old are invited," Ye Qingnian continued.

He was also a little nervous when he said this.

Don't underestimate this small alchemist exchange meeting.

It's possible that by then, including those at the Nascent Soul and Golden Core stages, no more than a hundred people will come.

But it is of particular importance to the Ye family.

After all, if the event is successful, the Ye family will be recognized not only as a family of beast tamers but also as a family of alchemists.

Ye Jingcheng and Ye Qingnian are both renowned top alchemists.

Even Ye Qingnian, with the blessing of spirit beasts over the years, has become a fifth-grade low-level alchemist.

Ye Jingcheng has a son and a daughter; Ye Qingnian is an alchemist, and Ye Qingfeng is a weapon forger.

Of course, Ye Qingnian's talent in alchemy is nowhere near Ye Qingfeng's talent in weapon crafting.

The latter is now capable of refining fifth-grade high-quality, or even fifth-grade peak magic weapons.

"Okay, let Zi Ning and Yuan Tan come too." Ye Jingcheng nodded in agreement. He naturally supported Ye Qingnian's broad perspective and was even somewhat gratified.

Unlike before, when the Ye family needed to keep a low profile, they have now firmly established themselves in the mortal realm.

With the spirit world and the mortal world now separated, the Ye family can no longer remain hidden as before.

In the future, the Ye family will even promote alchemy extensively, in order to attract a large number of high-level alchemists to the Great Yu Realm.

The Ye family's alchemy skills will naturally improve as well, so that when they go to the Spirit Realm in the future, the Ye family will have a skill to use for their early preparations.

At the same time, it can also suppress the reputation of the Ye family's beast taming.

As for Zi Ning and Yuan Tan, the former is his disciple, while Yuan Tan Zhenjun, Ye Jingcheng once promised her that after becoming a sixth-level alchemist, he would guide the latter once.

"Thank you, Father. I will make the arrangements right away." Ye Qingnian's face was full of joy. After saying a few more words, he left the cave and contacted some alchemists he had previously made friends with.

In his view, with his father being a sixth-level alchemist, at least three fifth-level top-grade alchemists would be able to come this time.

What he needed to do was to build the reputation of the Ye family as a family of alchemists, so that more cultivators would come to the Ye family to commission alchemy, and at the same time, he also needed to collect enough pill formulas.

Of course, if possible, he wouldn't mind recruiting some more rogue alchemists.

As far as he knew, there were quite a few rogue alchemists attracted by the Nascent Soul Trading Conference.

Among them were fifth-tier rogue alchemists.

Although the Ye family has many alchemists, they don't have many fifth-level alchemists, which is not enough to support the cultivation of so many Nascent Soul and Demon Emperor cultivators in the Ye family.

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(End of this chapter)