Beast Families: I Have an Illustrated Book of All Souls

Chapter 1586 The Results of the Anti-Mu Plan (Part Two)

A gentle spring breeze blew softly through the cave.

The peach tree branches were blown down until they were covered with pink blossoms.

A delicate fragrance filled the entire cave.

The appearance of peach blossoms signifies that the peach wood spirit will soon bloom and bear fruit once again.

To this end, Taomu slowed down his cultivation speed and tried to accumulate as many spiritual peaches as possible.

Nowadays, peach trees bear fruit only once every hundred years, and a single spiritual fruit can extend one's lifespan by three hundred years.

Whether the Ye family keeps it for themselves or exchanges it at the trade fair, it's a good choice.

Opposite the peach wood, a group of spirit beasts were all working incredibly hard.

Especially the mythical beasts such as the Golden Scale Beast, the Zhu Yan, and the Golden Falcon.

They hadn't sensed anything before.

This time, they didn't even qualify to play.

All that could be seen were the Jade Dragon Crimson Flame Fox and Ye Jingcheng making their moves, but it greatly affected them. Even Zhu Yan was holding back its strength at this moment.

Of course, while the group of spirit beasts were practicing their breathing techniques, they couldn't help but look towards a divine palace on the mountain.

Inside the shrine, Ye Jingcheng finally stood up.

He has now completely digested Mu Mingqing's memories, and he even knows exactly which spatial nodes the Mu family has that can be smuggled into.

The reason why the Mu family has established itself in the Taiyuan Realm is because of this.

It is precisely because there is a spatial node in the Taiyuan Realm that one can sneak into the outer perimeter of the Tianxuan Spirit Realm.

After thinking for a while, Ye Jingcheng looked at the Dream-Swallowing Insect beside him.

At this moment, the Dream-Devouring Insect's aura became erratic, its entire body covered with dazzling spiritual patterns, and the surrounding spiritual energy transformed into a small vortex, converging towards it. It was clear that it was not only digesting the divine soul, but also that it was not far from breaking through.

The Dream-Eating Insect is currently in the late stage of the fifth rank; once it breaks through again, it will reach the peak of the fifth rank.

If he absorbs a few more demon beast primordial spirits in the future, he may have a chance to break through to the sixth rank.

However, the cost can be considerable.

If Mu Mingqing's primordial spirit were given to the Golden Scale Beast, the Seven-Colored Cloud Deer, and Zhu Yan, it might accelerate their breakthroughs.

However, it is only now that the Dream-Eating Insect is about to break through to the peak of the fifth rank.

However, the Dream-Eating Worm has long since become an indispensable part of the Ye family.

Although the Ye family has acquired some treasures over the years that allow them to search for memories, such as the ancient treasures of Penglai and the Observation Mirror, the most essential and effective item is still the Dream Devouring Worm.

After all, the information obtained by Devouring Dreams and Searching Souls, which bypasses the taboos of family and sect jade books, is detailed and specific, even though it is chaotic.

Even if the opponent shatters their soul, they cannot avoid having their soul searched.

This also allowed the Ye family to take the initiative on several occasions, acquiring a great deal of treasures and information.

Naturally, they are worthy of the Ye family's full support and cultivation.

This time, if the Dream-Devouring Worm digests the dream well enough, he plans to let it devour Lei Chen's dream and search his soul as soon as possible.

Han Ming has already been swallowed by the Jade Dragon, so the only one who knows the secret of the Heavenly Flood Dragon Sea is most likely Lei Chen.

Even Ye Jingcheng was quite interested in the secrets of the Tianjiao Sea.

Moreover, unlike before, there weren't that many Nascent Soul cultivators in the Ye family, and there were quite a few other cultivators surrounding them.

Now that news of this ceremony has spread, any cultivators who want to make a move against the Ye family, or who are tempted by the Ye family's treasures, should think twice.

At most, the Mu family and Tianjue Valley will try to sabotage us behind our backs.

However, the two factions, along with the Heavenly Beast Sect and the Flying Zombie Sect, will be involved.

As long as the Ye family is not completely exposed, the two sects will not be able to sneak into the Spirit Realm, and the Ye family will not face the risk of people coming from the Spirit Realm in the short term.

The Ye family can still use this time to develop Tianjiao Sea and the Eastern Region as much as possible.

At the same time, he also planned to help the rest of the Dream Devouring Insects in the family to advance as soon as possible if they had talent, and to breed as soon as possible if they did not. Only by breeding more can more high-level Dream Devouring Insects appear in the future.

After setting up the formation for the Dream-Swallowing Insect, Ye Jingcheng arrived at the Spirit Lake. The first thing he looked at was the Jade Dragon.

Yu Linlong deserves much credit for the Ye family's outstanding performance in this ceremony battle.

However, he brutally murdered the Cold Sea Demon Saint in front of Mount Penglai.

The sight of this chilled all the Nascent Soul cultivators to the bone.

While the Jade Dragon's bloodline suppression and superior combat power are certainly factors, this is inseparable from the Jade Dragon's method of exchanging life for life.

Therefore, Yu Linlong's injuries were numerous, and the shocking scratches made Ye Jingcheng's heart ache.

Many of its scales fell off, and it also suffered a significant loss of essence and blood.

Even after consuming the primordial spirit of the Cold Sea Demon Saint, he still appeared somewhat weak.

However, his spirit has become much stronger.

Clearly, it would be extremely beneficial for the demon beast to devour a sixth-tier primordial spirit.

Especially since Jade Dragon and Cold Sea share some origins, the effect is even greater.

Because Ye Jingcheng summoned the Dream Devouring Soul Search, the Seven-Colored Cloud Deer was the one healing the Jade Dragon at that moment.

As it flew high in the sky, countless seven-colored celestial wood spirits descended and landed on the Jade Dragon's wound, gradually revealing the luster of the scales.

"Roar, Master~!" The Jade Dragon was also very excited when it saw Ye Jingcheng coming over. However, at this moment, it was still swallowing a big fish in the lake, leaving half of the fish tail outside. Therefore, its speech was a little unclear.

Unlike the Golden Scale Beast, which would ask for credit, the Jade Scale Dragon rarely does.

All it does is beg for food.

This time, Ye Jingcheng was not stingy either. Apart from the dragon claws, horns, tendons, and core essence blood of Hanming, which could be used to refine sixth-order magic weapons and sixth-order advancement pills, he gave most of the rest of the flesh and blood to Yulinlong.

It was forced to swallow and refine the food, and because it swallowed too much at once, the Jade Dragon found it somewhat difficult to refine. Therefore, it became much more docile during this period.

It hovers above the lake all day, operating its own unique breathing technique, and its dazzling spiritual energy even transforms into a small tornado.

Even the time spent asking Ye Jingcheng for blood offerings has decreased.

However, sometimes it still can't control itself and swallows the plump black bream in the lake.

Ye Jingcheng placed his hand on the head of the Jade Dragon, which slowly released a precious light.

As the precious light spread, the Jade Dragon became exceptionally peaceful. It closed its eyes, and its horns began to shimmer with special spiritual patterns, while an indescribable pressure emanated from its surroundings.

This caused all the surrounding spirit fish to sink to the bottom of the lake, afraid to swim around.

Upon closer inspection, the shimmering scales of the Jade Dragon resemble dazzling stars.

Seeing this, Ye Jingcheng couldn't help but look forward to the Jade Dragon's next advancement.

You should know that the Jade Dragon is now a half-dragon, with powerful bloodline, amazing combat strength, and all sorts of divine abilities.

If a breakthrough is achieved, it will definitely lead to a significant improvement.

Because of killing Han Ming this time, all the materials for the sixth-grade Jade Scale Pill have been gathered. All that is needed is to find an opportunity to refine the sixth-grade Jade Scale Pill!

After the Jade Dragon released its precious light, Ye Jingcheng went to the pavilion on the mountain and released his precious light for the Crimson Flame Fox.

The Crimson Flame Fox still habitually transformed into a small fox, nestled in Ye Jingcheng's arms.

The Crimson Flame Fox wasn't seriously injured this time, but it was quite exhausted. Therefore, after only a short while, Ye Jingcheng had the Crimson Flame Fox use the Divine Realm Spirit Fire to train the Golden Scale Beast and the Vermilion Yan.

Zhu Yan, the Golden Scale Beast, and the Seven-Colored Cloud Deer are all close to the sixth rank. As long as they cultivate to a certain level, they can be fed the primordial spirit of a sixth-rank demon saint or the primordial spirit of a Nascent Soul cultivator.

With the addition of some spiritual materials for breaking through to the sixth rank, one can attempt to break through to the sixth rank.

In Ye Jingcheng's view, the existence of the Divine Realm is extremely important, whether for spirit beasts or cultivators.

Therefore, he also highly approves of the Golden Scale Beast's method of cultivating the Divine Realm.

Not only did he have the Crimson Flame Fox cooperate, but sometimes he would also personally use his Five Elements Divine Domain to help the beasts cultivate.

After observing the spirit beasts, Ye Jingcheng then examined the spirit herb field and the blood spring.

Although this Nascent Soul Ceremony was only halfway through, a considerable number of sixth-tier and fifth-tier spiritual herbs had already been received.

Most of them were transplanted to this sacred mountain, with only a small portion stored in specially made jade boxes.

Even a sixth-tier Crimson Flame Pill is only missing one spiritual herb and one essence blood.

After examining the elixir, Ye Jingcheng paid no further attention to the treasure.

Instead, he went straight out of the cave. The Crimson Flame Fox and the Jade Scale Dragon were already on the right track, but the Heavenly Nirvana Demon Saint and the Green Hill Fox Saint were still guarding Penglai Mountain, so he naturally couldn't favor one over the other.

Both of them suffered very serious injuries this time, and it could even be said that they were not much lighter than Yu Linlong's.

In particular, the Qingqiu Fox Saint displayed great power later on, leaving Lei Chen and the Rift Sky Demon Saint behind. When he entered the Tongtian Spiritual Treasure, he was actually prepared to abandon the Rift Sky Demon Saint and the Lei Chen Demon Saint.

Therefore, Ye Jingcheng deliberately left some precious light behind.

Having reached this level, Ye Jingcheng no longer needed to worry about the treasure's light being leaked.

After all, besides healing and increasing the refining ability of spirit beasts, Bao Guang doesn't actually have many other effects.

Both of them are currently recuperating beside a sixth-order spiritual vein on Mount Penglai.

Upon seeing Ye Jingcheng approach, both of them stood up.

“Master,” Tian Nie Demon Saint spoke first.

"Thank you both for your hard work this time." Ye Jingcheng first took out two sixth-grade spirit pills for the two to recover.

Then it began to emit a precious light.

"This is..." Both were extremely surprised as the precious light entered their bodies.

"This is the true essence of my special cultivation technique combined with a special spiritual body," Ye Jingcheng explained casually.

"Fellow Daoists, I will distribute the treasures in a few days. In the next few days, please take care of your injuries," Ye Jingcheng added after bestowing the treasure light upon them.

The Ye family acquired many treasures this time, and Mu Mingqing's personal wealth alone was quite substantial.

Moreover, they also obtained the entire fortune of Deer Cliff God and the five complete demon saints.

There are quite a few Lingbao and ancient treasures.

In addition, he can allocate his primordial spirit, and Ye Jingcheng can even add a fifth-order advancement pill.

This is something that both races need.

"There's no rush, Master can decide." Both Tianni Phoenix Saint and Qingqiu Fox Saint shook their heads.

They really can't find anything wrong with the Ye family's actions so far.

Ye Jingcheng also has enough respect for them.

As for potential and the future, everything shown at the ceremony was enough to prove it.

"Then I won't disturb you two any longer. Once your injuries have healed, you can start working on improving your cultivation with these sixth-order cultivation pills." Before leaving, Ye Jingcheng put down two more pills.

Both of these are sixth-tier spirit pills, used for cultivation.

Even Ye Jingcheng didn't have much.

But now that he has learned the true strength of the Mu family patriarch, he feels that it is absolutely worthwhile to let the two demon saints advance further.

This also serves as a reminder to both of them that the Ye family can help them break through to the mid-stage of the sixth rank.

But this is contingent on both of them being sufficiently loyal to the Ye family.

After exchanging a few more pleasantries, Ye Jingcheng left the vicinity of the core spiritual vein and arrived at the Ye family's council hall.

Inside the main hall, clan elders such as Ye Xuecang and Ye Qingnian had been waiting for a long time.

The ceremony was abruptly interrupted, and with the destruction of the Ye family's Penglai Mountain, there was a lot of pent-up tension.

But compared to trivial matters, the news at this moment is more important.

"Father, Jin Guang Temple has been breached, the physical body of Yuanming Divine Lord has been destroyed, and the mysterious spirit vine that is suspected to be the Xuan Tian Spirit Vine has been taken away by the Mu family patriarch!" Ye Qingnian told Ye Jingcheng a shocking piece of news as soon as he arrived.

But the shock was fleeting. Through soul searching, he had already learned that the Mu family patriarch, like the wondrous divine lord, had concealed much of his secrets.

Although Yuanming Shenjun of Jinguang Temple is very powerful, he is still far inferior to the Mu family patriarch.

In particular, the other side possessed two Heavenly Treasures, while Yuanming Shenjun had none.

With the talismans and techniques brought down from the spirit realm, if they cannot break through, the Ye family will suspect that there is some kind of trickery involved.

"Moreover, the Azure Kun Demon Saint in the North Sea is also a spirit beast of Hundred Skill Valley," Ye Qingnian added.

Regarding this, Ye Jingcheng could only say that the Nascent Soul stage forces in the Great Yu Realm were all quite formidable.

The Xuantian Sect concealed the Eight-Tailed Demon Saint, and the Hundred Crafts Valley concealed the Azure Kun Demon Saint.

Jin Guang Temple is represented by two incarnations of deities.

However, all these forces will become history now. In the entire Great Yu Realm, the Ye family is the most powerful force.

"Father, Jin Guang Temple and Bai Qiao Valley are discussing attacking Tai Yuan Realm..." Ye Qingnian continued.

"Tell them to calm down and make a decision after my ceremony begins," Ye Jingcheng shook his head.

They didn't plan to directly invade the Taiyuan Realm.

This Mu family patriarch is not one of the small clans or families he had faced before.

If we go rashly now, the other side could use their Heavenly Treasures, Spirit Realm Battle Array, and the hidden cultivators of the Mu family to make the invading forces pay a heavy price.

However, there is a reason why he set the ceremony to continue six months later.

Allowing the Mu family to continue developing in secret is not his style.

The Ye family has demonstrated enough strength now, so it's natural to try to eliminate them completely.

Otherwise, if the Mu family patriarch were to take that spirit vine and smuggle it into the spirit realm, the Ye family would have no chance to target him.

Seeing that Ye Jingcheng had a solution, Ye Qingnian and Ye Xuecang both nodded and did not continue to talk about the Jin Guang Temple.

Instead, he recounted the Ye family's losses and the family's gains from this incident.

After saying all that, Ye Qingnian spoke again:

"Father, the head of the Ouyang family has arrived. He wants to see you. Also, the Demon Saints Chenjing and Jinpeng have emerged from seclusion and will probably arrive at Penglai Island soon."

Upon hearing that the head of the Ouyang family had arrived, Ye Jingcheng couldn't help but feel a sense of anticipation.

The latter possesses the essence blood of a sixth-tier red fox.

(End of this chapter)