Beast Families: I Have an Illustrated Book of All Souls

Chapter 1556 Both Join the Fu Jiang Mengdie (Two Chapters Combined, Seeking Monthly Tickets and Subscriptions)

Ye Qingnian looked at the two of them but did not answer immediately. He simply looked into Du Ruojun's eyes.

He had a sincere smile on his face.

But this sincere smile made Du Ruojun feel somewhat uneasy.

The reason he had planned to join the Ye family was that he had inquired about the Ye family and found that they did not have many fifth-level alchemists.

However, the Ye family has many Nascent Soul cultivators and fifth-order demon emperors, and they have a great need for fifth-order spirit pills.

Furthermore, the Ye family is also very skilled at cultivating spiritual herbs, as evidenced by their continuous acquisition of young spiritual herbs and seeds of special spiritual herbs.

He even inquired and learned that the Ye family possessed many secret realms specifically for cultivating spiritual herbs.

Most medicinal herbs have significant requirements regarding the spiritual energy of the environment and the soil.

It may not grow well in ordinary places, but it is extremely easy to cultivate in some secret regions.

The abundance of spiritual herbs also provided his apprentice, Chen Siqian, with a large amount of materials for alchemy.

With the inheritance from his lineage, and the fact that the Ye family also has a sixth-level alchemist, he may well have a chance to become a sixth-level alchemist in the future.

"Patriarch Ye, this is my bare minimum." Du Ruojun finally couldn't hold back any longer and looked embarrassed.

"Fellow Daoist Du, there are still some things that haven't been explained clearly, aren't there?" Seeing that the other party finally asked again, Ye Qingnian took out spiritual tea and poured a cup for both of them.

He looked at Du Ruojun's face, his eyes full of confidence.

Having served as the head of a family for so many years, he had seen all sorts of immortal sect heads, so he naturally knew what Fellow Daoist Du was thinking.

He had already found out.

This means Du Ruojun's lifespan is almost over.

Although Nascent Soul cultivators have a lifespan of two thousand years.

However, for most cultivators, it takes more than a thousand years to break through to the Nascent Soul stage, and the remaining thousand years, which seem like a long time, are just the time for a few seclusions.

Joining the Ye family would provide Chen Siqian with a safe environment for cultivation.

She actually wanted Ye Jingcheng to give her some pointers.

But there's no such thing as a free lunch. Even if the Ye family intends to groom Chen Siqian for the future, they won't make any promises now.

"Fellow Daoist Du, I won't say anything more. Our Ye family can agree to things that are not forced, but the alchemy task must be completed every year. If you are in seclusion for cultivation, it can be postponed. Fellow Daoist Du, you will open a furnace of level 5 or above twice a year, while young friend Chen will open a furnace of level 4 or above twice a year."

"Furthermore, all the refined elixirs must be sold to the Ye family at 80% of the market price. Of course, if Ye family materials are used, only 50% will be sold to the Ye family."

"Furthermore, if the Ye family has any special matters, they can decide which two of you will choose to refine elixirs each year." Ye Qingnian said a series of words, which can be considered as the obligations that the two of you must fulfill.

"I agree!" Du Ruojun nodded without hesitation.

"Secondly, if young friend Chen wishes to choose a Daoist partner in the future, he must do so within the Ye family," Ye Qingnian continued.

Although the Ye family lacks genius alchemists, in reality, it's just that many of the clan members in the Pill Hall haven't matured yet.

In another two or three hundred years, the Ye family will have no shortage of alchemists.

The reason why we want to recruit a few rogue Nascent Soul alchemists now is that the Ye family currently has too many fifth-level demon emperors. If Ye Jingcheng and Ye Qingyan were to refine them, many demon emperors might not be able to get a single spirit pill even after more than a hundred years.

After all, Ye Jingcheng needed to refine sixth-order spirit pills, while Ye Qingyan also needed to research fifth-order advancement pills.

These advanced pills belong to the core secret techniques of the Ye family, so naturally they cannot be made by other alchemists.

The Demon Emperor's cultivation progress is also related to the growth of his clansmen. In addition, the Ye family will not lack spiritual herbs in the future, so Ye Qingnian made this plan.

However, the Ye family has many secrets. They can refine pills, but they certainly cannot join other forces in the future.

Du Ruojun's time is almost up; he has at most a hundred years left.

Of course, there's no need to worry about that, but Chen Siqian is different. Although the Ye family doesn't restrict her from marrying into the Ye family, she definitely can't marry into any other powerful family.

"I agree!" Chen Siqian agreed without hesitation.

"Welcome to the Ye family. This is the Ye family's rule and the current salary of the Ye family's Foreign Affairs Office. If you have any questions, you can ask now." Ye Qingnian took out a jade slip.

He told the two of them about the Ye family's clan rules, the current branch and lineage arrangements of the Ye family, their responsibilities, and the arrangements for them.

Of course, this branch only involves the Eastern Region; the Sand Sea and Star Sea are currently hidden by the Ye family.

Currently, only Zheng Yuan Divine Lord Zi Yang Divine Lord, Five-Colored Demon Saint, and Heavenly Bamboo Demon Saint know about the Ye family of the Sand Sea.

The desert can still be considered one of the Ye family's backup plans.

As for other forces, they probably have no idea that the Ye family has a Sand Sea.

The Ye family would naturally not expose themselves.

After the two finished reading the jade slip and asked some questions, Ye Qingnian patiently answered them one by one, gave them two tokens of the Ye family's Foreign Affairs Building, and then left.

As Ye Qingnian walked out of the courtyard building, he saw Ye Tengming following him.

"Grandpa, Du Ruojun joining our Ye family at this time must mean more than just that he's hiding the issue of his impending death; he's probably also offended some enemies!"

"They might even be from the Mu family!" Ye Tengming was still quite wary of these two rogue cultivators.

Therefore, after thinking for a while, he transmitted his voice to Ye Qingnian.

“I’m pleased that you’ve considered this, but of course, your grandfather couldn’t have done nothing!” Ye Qingnian first looked at Ye Tengming with certainty, then spoke again with a hint of sarcasm:
"But what if I made you Chen Siqian's Daoist partner?"

This surprised Ye Tengming.

For a moment, I didn't react.

He has cultivated to the point where he is not yet two hundred years old, so naturally he has not considered the matter of his fellow Daoist.

"Don't underestimate anyone!" Ye Qingnian glanced at the latter's expression and said nothing more.

"Go back and talk about it."

Upon returning to the Divine Palace and seeing that Ye Jingcheng was still in seclusion, he took out a jade slip and gave it to Ye Tengming.

The jade slip contained information about Du Ruojun and Chen Siqian.

This information is so detailed that it even includes events that occurred during Du Ruojun's Foundation Establishment period...

"This..." Ye Tengming never expected Ye Qingnian to have investigated so thoroughly.

"Things in the cultivation world can be investigated if you want to. Just like the affairs of our Ye family, many people have all sorts of speculations about them," Ye Qingnian added.

"Chen Siqian's face must have been concealed; it must be a secret technique that allows a cultivator of a higher level to not see anything. That alone is enough to prove Chen Siqian's value!"

"They should also be carrying a top-notch alchemy inheritance."

"Although my Ye family is not a prestigious or righteous family, we would never do something like killing someone and stealing their treasure without any grudge." After Ye Qingnian finished speaking, he didn't say anything more and just waited.

Compared to the uncertain outcome of rogue cultivators joining the clan, the Ye family has something more important to discuss with Ye Jingcheng.

However, Ye Jingcheng was still in seclusion because of the matter of the Primordial Essence Pill, so he couldn't urge him.

"Thank you for your guidance, Grandpa!" Ye Tengming cupped his hands and nodded, even though he had no intention of becoming the head of the family.

But he considered it a gain if he could learn something useful each time. "There are a few more rogue alchemists, I'll leave them to you to talk to. But remember, maintain the same level of skepticism you had towards Du Ruojun!" Ye Qingnian then looked at Ye Tengming, as if he had just thought of something.

These rogue alchemists were all hopeless cultivators who only wanted to join a major sect and find a breakthrough opportunity. They didn't have any secrets behind them, so he simply let Ye Tengming negotiate with them.

Most of these ordinary alchemists were sent by the Ye family to various alchemy workshops to refine some of the more popular elixirs for the Ye family.

Therefore, whether he succeeded or not, it was all experience that Ye Tengming gained.

Although he didn't expect Ye Tengming to become the future head of the Ye family, he was still somewhat biased towards him since he was his grandson.

The latter nodded in agreement.

……

The night sky appeared exceptionally bright, and the cloud islands floating in the air seemed even closer to the stars.

The palace gates opened, and Ye Jingcheng walked out, followed immediately by Ye Qingnian.

"Father, we've found the information. The Flying Zombie Sect has indeed found a Heavenly Dream Butterfly, but it's just a talisman corpse!" Ye Qingnian seemed quite excited.

If each Heavenly Dream Butterfly carries a Heavenly General's inheritance, the Ye family, upon obtaining it, will not only receive a Heavenly General's inheritance but will also learn more secrets of the Spirit Realm.

Whether it's Ye Jingcheng, Ye Qingnian, or Ye Xuecang, they are all actually curious about the Ye family in the Spirit Realm.

According to Ye Zhijian's inherited information, the Beast Tower should be the most crucial treasure of the Ye family.

After all, the Beast Tower may not be very effective in the mortal realm.

Once they reach the Spirit Realm, if the Ye family has a true spirit as a spirit beast, they will break through to the Mahayana stage very quickly.

The sign of a true spirit is that one can reach adulthood normally and then achieve Mahayana enlightenment or even transcend tribulations and ascend to heaven.

As for the secret techniques of other lineages, they are still very powerful compared to those of the mortal realm, but their potential is still much less than that of the Beast Tower.

At this moment, they had already guessed that the other branches might be some decoys left behind by the Ye family.

Otherwise, given their impressive lineage, it's impossible that they wouldn't know the secret of the Heavenly Dream Butterfly.

Furthermore, by creating several more spirit beast families and disguising them as spirit beast sects, the real Ye family could be guaranteed to remain safe.

Therefore, it's quite normal that no particularly powerful secret techniques were left behind.

After all, this way the Ye family wouldn't be noticed beforehand.

"We definitely need to get the Heavenly Dream Butterfly, but how to get it is the problem." Ye Jingcheng also looked somewhat worried at this moment.

He wasn't confident about the Mu family, but he would be more confident if the Crimson Flame Fox and Zhu Yan both broke through, and the Jade Dragon advanced further.

But with only five Nascent Soul cultivators at the moment, he didn't think they would be a match for the Mu family and those hidden forces.

Secondly, how to exchange the two Dream Butterflies without arousing suspicion is also a problem.

As for refusing and sitting back to watch the tigers fight, Ye Jingcheng had no such idea. The Mu family was definitely paying attention to the Ye family.

Even if the Ye family doesn't take action, the Mu family will still attack the Ye family after dealing with the Heavenly Beast Sect.

So refusing is definitely not an option, but delaying is still possible.

Ye Jingcheng's breakthrough time is still relatively short.

In addition, the Heavenly Dust Realm and the Flying Cloud Realm where the Flying Zombie Sect is located are not directly accessible from the Great Yu Realm where the Ye family is located; one needs to go through several realm gates and teleportation arrays.

Providing support is also quite difficult.

"We might have to sell a few battle formations," Ye Jingcheng murmured finally.

The Ye family obtained five battle formations. It is no exaggeration to say that these battle formations can give them at least one or two more Nascent Soul cultivators. While they may not be able to completely defend the area, they can certainly buy time.

Moreover, in his view, since the Heavenly Beast Sect and the Flying Zombie Sect did not abandon their sects and flee, it meant that they still had trump cards to play.

"Qingnian, go investigate and select a few treasures that the Heavenly Beast Sect and the Flying Zombie Sect are also lacking. It would be best if they were sixth-tier treasures, rarer ones that they can't produce," Ye Jingcheng said directly.

"We still need to bring out our battle formations, but we certainly can't afford to suffer losses. Besides the Heavenly Dream Butterfly, we need additional treasures to enhance the strength of our Ye family." Ye Jingcheng actually wanted to ask about sixth-tier essence blood.

However, considering that both sects are spirit beast sects, they might guess the Ye family's plans, and even further, guess the Ye family's pill formulas and advancement secrets. If they then turn around and confront the Mu family and others, it wouldn't be good to besiege the Ye family.

As for the essence and blood needed for the sixth-grade Jade Unicorn Pill.

He could only think of setting a few traps for Han Ming to fall into.

“Yes, Father, I will go and investigate right away!” Ye Qingnian nodded.

"By the way, you should also focus on collecting the spiritual materials for the Primordial Essence Pill. We might be able to use them when we enter the Spirit Realm!" Ye Jingcheng then said.

He has been studying the formula for the Niuyuan Pill for the past few days.

Its elixir's effect is to collect the aura and energy of any cultivator, and after ingestion, it will manifest the corresponding aura and energy.

As long as the elixir is refined well, even a Nascent Soul cultivator can pretend to be a Deity Transformation cultivator.

According to the description, if the elixir develops pill patterns, it can even impersonate a Void Refinement Venerable after capturing the aura of a Void Refinement cultivator.

This is almost as important to the Ye family as the Dust-Reducing Pill.

“Okay!” Ye Qingnian nodded again.

After Ye Qingnian left, Ye Jingcheng also looked into the distance.

The bright stars still shone brilliantly.

His eyes became even more profound, and after a long while he let out a long sigh.

Since he had decided to exchange battle formations, he was confident that he could obtain the Heavenly Dream Butterfly.

With the Heavenly Dream Butterfly now in hand, it's time to verify the inheritances of the other Heavenly Generals.

As he spoke, he took out a barrier token, which could isolate the world and transmit sound.

It was left behind by Qingyin of the Beast Sect that day.

He then took out another family token and compared it with the boundary token, finding that the patterns on the family token were somewhat similar to those on the boundary token.

The Ye family's family tokens come in two types.

One type consists of over a hundred tokens, including the Clan Head's Token, which can transmit sound over a very long distance, even across some secret realms.

Another type was refined by the Ye family themselves later when the clan grew larger.

That method is much less effective, but it still allows you to receive messages from the head of the family.

It is still much stronger than most sect tokens in the Great Yu Realm.

Ye Jingcheng put away the barrier token, but ultimately did not immediately send a message to the Heavenly Beast Sect and the Flying Zombie Sect.

Instead, he transmitted his voice to Ye Qingnian.

According to what the Ye family had inquired about, the Mu family had destroyed many forces, and perhaps the Mu family also possessed the Heavenly Dream Butterfly.

As for the Heavenly Dream Butterfly, Ye Jingcheng would naturally try to take action if given the opportunity. The Ye family has the Dream-Devouring Insect, and he has the Soul Contract. If the Heavenly Dream Butterfly is truly related to the inheritance of the Heavenly General, Ye Jingcheng would not refuse it.

(End of this chapter)