Beast Families: I Have an Illustrated Book of All Souls

Chapter 1588 The Secret of the Deer Spirit and the Reappearance of the Luo Yuan Umbrella (Two Chapters Combined, Seeking Monthly Tickets and Subscriptions)

Ye Jingcheng did not answer, but only looked at the essence blood of the sixth-order Crimson Flame Yuan Fox.

Then, he sat down in his seat and began to drink the spiritual tea.

Don't be fooled by the fact that Ouyang Jin's demands seem low.

But upon closer examination, this is not the case.

There are two types of apprenticeships: one is a nominal apprentice, in which case one can simply provide some guidance.

Another type is the direct disciple.

In the cultivation world, a direct disciple is like half a child, meaning the relationship is very close.

He accepted Zi Ning as his disciple because Zheng Yuan Shenjun had been kind to him, and although on the surface she was his personal disciple, in reality she was a disciple in name only.

He couldn't tell Ouyang Jin about this.

Secondly, I need to take Ouyang Jiayi into the spirit world.

This will inevitably expose many secrets of the Ye family.

Even the news of the Ye family entering the Spirit Realm would be exposed there.

Although he longed for this spirit summoning technique, he only wanted to take a look at it.

It won't get to that extent.

As for top-grade spirit stones, he cared even less.

"Even my Ye family isn't confident about smuggling. I believe the Zisha Sect would be tempted by the Ouyang family's secret techniques. As for teaching, I'm not good at it." Ye Jingcheng shook his head in the end.

The refusal was quite obvious.

But then Ouyang Jin spoke again:
“Senior Qianchen, since that’s the case, let’s abandon the plan to sneak into the Spirit Realm. If you come into contact with the Ouyang family, a true spirit family, in the Spirit Realm, would it be alright if you explained the situation in the lower realm?” Ouyang Jin knew that the matter of smuggling was a core family secret and naturally could not be revealed to outsiders.

Ye Jingcheng's meaning was also clear: he could accept him as a disciple under a nominal name.

They sheltered the Ouyang clan.

But accepting personal disciples is also impossible.

Those who are not of our kind in the Ye family must have different intentions.

With so many geniuses in the Ye family, Ye Jingcheng could easily teach any one of his clansmen if he wanted to.

How could he possibly teach other family members?

Moreover, he currently doesn't have much time to guide even Teng Ming and Qing Yanqingnian.

"May I have a look at this spirit summoning technique?" Ye Jingcheng did not agree directly, but asked again.

“Of course.” Ouyang Jin nodded.

Since he intended to take it out, he had naturally made some preparations.

The portion shown reveals the power of the technique, but not the entirety of it.

After Ouyang Jin handed over the jade slip, Ye Jingcheng examined it and found that this spirit-summoning technique was indeed largely similar to the Ye family's spirit-controlling technique.

However, the Ye family's spirit beasts are actually beasts.

This secret technique of the Ouyang family involves summoning spirits from blood.

It involves refining the essence and blood of demonic beasts into the body, carefully nurturing and cultivating them, and then using special secret methods.

When the crucial moment arrives, one can unleash the power of their essence and blood to transform into the corresponding beast form.

While improving their strength, they can also use the essence blood of demonic beasts to increase their cultivation speed.

However, regardless of one's talent, this spirit-summoning technique can only summon the essence of one type of spirit beast in one's lifetime.

Of course, those with good talent can take on higher levels of the corresponding beast's essence blood in the future to assimilate the previous spirit-descending blood.

Clearly, Ouyang Jiayi had previously used the essence of a low-level phoenix, and it was a perfect match.

That's why sixth-tier phoenix essence blood is needed.

For the Ye family, this was also another kind of blessing for those members of the tribe who did not have the beast-patterned markings.

Otherwise, as a beast-taming family, their application of spirit beasts is relatively superficial, causing them to fall further and further behind the beast-patterning family.

"Okay." Ye Jingcheng nodded, agreeing to Ouyang Jin's conditions.

He knew that the Ouyang family must have even more profound techniques that they hadn't yet revealed.

But for the Ye family, the most useful thing is indeed this method of summoning spirits.

Moreover, since the Qingguan Divine Lord of the Ouyang family was killed by the Mu family, there is no need to worry, as the other party was an inside man of the Mu family.

"Jiayi, why aren't you serving tea to Senior Qianchen?" Ouyang Jin said repeatedly from the side.

The woman named Ouyang Jiayi nodded repeatedly and carefully offered the tea to Ye Jingcheng.

"There's no need to be so formal. I will announce it at the Nascent Soul Ceremony, and that will be the true time for you to become my disciple." Ye Jingcheng took the teacup and nodded.

Ouyang Jiayi was also extremely beautiful, with a straight and delicate nose, bright eyes like stars, and red hair, which added to her unusual beauty.

"Thank you very much, Master Qianchen!" Ouyang Jiayi said excitedly upon hearing this.

Speaking at the ceremony was undoubtedly a way of protecting the Ouyang clan.

This means that the Ouyang family's territory in the Central Region will not change, and it is even estimated that some forces will return some territory and spiritual mountains to the Ouyang family.

That's exactly what they wanted.

Although the Ye family did not agree to take her into the Spirit Realm, she had obtained the essence blood of the Heavenly Phoenix Clan, so she was still confident that she could break through to the Nascent Soul stage and sneak into the Spirit Realm on her own.

"Alright, I've already spoken to Yun Sheng beforehand. She'll arrange a sacred mountain and a cave for you near Penglai Island. You can cultivate in the Eastern Region from now on. Feel free to contact me anytime if you have any questions!" Ye Jingcheng took out a piece of Wanli Jade and handed it to Ouyang Jiayi.

They were then allowed to leave on their own.

He then went to the top floor of Ye Yuan Restaurant and entered the cave.

Although the Demon Saints Chenjing and Jinpeng requested to see him.

However, these two did not attend the Nascent Soul Ceremony, citing seclusion as the reason, and only arranged for a fifth-tier demon emperor to attend.

Now that they see that the Ye family's strength far surpasses theirs, they all come to request an audience.

Although they gave some incorrect reminders, which can be considered opportunistic behavior, it can't be said to be wrong, but Ye Jingcheng would naturally dislike it.

Now it's time to put these two aside.

Of course, if these two are ungrateful, he wouldn't mind incorporating the territories of the Chenjing and Jinpeng clans into the Ye family's East China Sea territory.

Besides Chen Jing and Jin Peng Demon Saint, Yun Sha Divine Lord was also waiting for Ye Jingcheng.

The latter wanted him to refine the Thousand Moon Spirit Condensation Pill to determine if he had the ability to refine the Three Jade Divine Essence Pill.

However, his postponement of six months indicates that he has suffered considerable injuries and naturally would not meet with Lord Yunsha so soon.

Now, he plans to sort through his loot to see if there are any spiritual treasures or magical artifacts that he can use.

Six months later, he did indeed have the idea of ​​attacking the Taiyuan Realm.

After all, the Mu family posed too great a threat to the Ye family.

The Mu family could use the Ye family's treasures to incite other Nascent Soul cultivators to attack the Ye family.

The Ye family, naturally, could also use their status as sixth-level alchemists to cause the Mu family to be besieged.

It's not the Ye family's tradition to always suffer losses.

Within the cave, the Golden Scale Beast, Zhu Yan, and other spirit beasts entered the divine realm of the Crimson Flame Fox.

Even the Seven-Colored Cloud Deer entered it.

Seeing all the spirit beasts working so hard, Ye Jingcheng was very pleased.

He arrived at the pavilion on the mountain peak and took out the storage bags one by one.

This time, the real spoils for the Ye family were five demon saints and two Nascent Soul cultivators.

The demon saints were the Three-Headed Spirit Crane, the Sea-Suppressing Demon Ape, the Sky-Splitting Mantis, Han Ming, and Lei Chen. As for the Yuan Lei Demon Saint, he was killed by the Cloud Sand God Lord, and the spoils of war naturally went to the Cloud Sand God Lord.

The Ye family does not need to give Yunsha Divine Lord any other treasures this time.

In the end, even the Xuan Niu Demon Saint escaped.

The Nascent Soul cultivators killed were Deer Cliff Divine Lord and Mu Mingqing.

This also granted the Ye family five grotto-heavens.

Of course, three of these cave heavens came from those demon saints, and the cave heavens were not very large. Only Mu Mingqing's and Luya Shenjun's cave heavens were top-tier cave heavens with peak fifth-order spiritual veins.

Whether it's left as a foundation for the family, used to cultivate special spiritual herbs, nurture special demon beast clans, or given to the core members of the family, it would be a good choice.

Ye Jingcheng then took out spiritual treasures, ancient treasures, and even sixth-order magic treasures.

The spiritual treasures are fine; all six are intact, with only some loss of spiritual light. They can be carefully nurtured.

Two ancient treasures and two sixth-order magic treasures remain intact.

Ye Jingcheng also started looking at Lingbao.

The first thing that catches the eye is the Hidden Deer Divine Sword, which is also the best spiritual treasure this time.

Although it is a mid-grade spiritual treasure, it is already among the top mid-grade spiritual treasures.

Furthermore, it contains a top-tier deer spirit, whose power is comparable to some high-grade spiritual treasures.

Ye Jingcheng flicked his finger on the spiritual treasure, only to see a huge deer spirit seemingly staring at him from within the sword.

This scene surprised Ye Jingcheng quite a bit.

The Hidden Deer Divine Sword is a wood-attribute spiritual sword. Ye Jingcheng also activated his own Wood Divine Domain, and a huge azure dragon spirit image appeared behind Ye Jingcheng.

When the deer spirit met his gaze again, it even showed a human-like defeat.

It also transformed into a series of Tongbao techniques.

With the release of this Tongbao Technique, Ye Jingcheng finally understood the power of the Hidden Deer Divine Sword.

Moreover, this Tongbao Manual even contains methods for enhancing spiritual treasures.

That means capturing a more powerful deer spirit will upgrade this mid-grade spiritual treasure to a high-grade spiritual treasure.

Furthermore, if one could capture a wood-attribute true spirit deer and imprison it within, it could even be transformed into a heaven-reaching spiritual treasure.

Ye Jingcheng was also shocked by the contents of the Tongbao Manual of the Hidden Deer Divine Sword.

However, this also reveals that this magical treasure was clearly crafted by cultivators from the spirit realm.

However, the Ye family does not have any high-level weapon refiners, let alone the ability to refine spiritual treasures.

This advancement is naturally a long way off.

Ye Jingcheng was quite fond of the power of this divine sword and planned to refine the Tongbao Technique for his own use.

Besides the Hidden Deer Divine Sword, Deer Cliff God also possesses another spiritual treasure, the Flowing Light Black Spirit Hammer.

This Black Spirit Hammer is a low-grade spiritual treasure, but in terms of power, it is no less than a mid-grade spiritual treasure. However, although it has power, it is also quite limited in scope.

Ye Jingcheng examined the gifts and prepared them as gifts of gratitude for the other Nascent Soul cultivators.

At this Nascent Soul Ceremony, his master, Ziyang Divine Lord, Potian Divine Lord, and Haoran Divine Lord will definitely prepare a generous gift for him.

As for the other Nascent Soul cultivators, those who make a move must prepare a set of spiritual materials from a sixth-tier demon beast.

Ye Jingcheng's gaze fell on a cold pearl.

This Frost Pearl is the spiritual treasure of the Frost Demon Saint, and its power is considerable, comparable to that of the Jade Dragon's Frost Heaven Pearl.

After thinking for a moment, Ye Jingcheng prepared to hand it over to Ye Yunxi.

Currently, only Ye Zhijian and Ye Yunxi are Nascent Soul cultivators in the Ye family. Ye Zhijian already has the Cangxuan Sword, so this spiritual treasure is perfect for Ye Yunxi to use for self-defense.

The second spiritual treasure obtained from the Heavenly Dragon Sea was a seven-colored spiritual umbrella.

Ye Jingcheng was not unfamiliar with this spiritual treasure; it was the Seven-Colored Heavenly Umbrella that Lan Li had used on him back in the Immortal Realm.

Unexpectedly, the magical treasure he failed to seize back then eventually returned to his hands after many twists and turns.

Although this spiritual treasure is a low-grade spiritual treasure, its value is definitely no less than that of a mid-grade spiritual treasure.

Its seven-colored spiritual light can be used to trap enemies and also has a suppressive effect.

Of course, more importantly, this magical treasure is extremely beautiful, and Ye Jingcheng plans to give it to his wife, Chu Yanqing, for self-defense.

Although Chu Yanqing had almost no chance to fight, Ye Jingcheng was still worried about her safety, so he sent her a spiritual treasure, which would at least make her a match for ordinary late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators.

As for the remaining two spiritual treasures, they both came from Mu Mingqing.

They are respectively the low-grade spiritual treasure Qingyuan Jueming Spear and the mid-grade spiritual treasure Zixuan Tianxie Needle.

The two spiritual treasures were naturally quite powerful, especially the Purple Profound Scorpion Needle, which also contained a potent poison.

Even if a Nascent Soul cultivator is stabbed, the poison can severely injure them.

Furthermore, it can be activated together with the Cold Nether Profound Leaf Needle obtained from the Old Demon of Heavenly Virtue to form the Twin Treasures of Spirit Needles.

As for the Nether Spear, Ye Jingcheng also planned to use it as a thank-you gift.

With the addition of Hanming and Leichen's dragon horns and claws, four relatively valuable gifts can be made.

This way, the gifts from the Wang family, the Zhao family, the Zhengdao Sect, and the Ziyang Sect can be covered.

Ye Jingcheng then took out the ancient treasure and the sixth-order magic weapon to examine them.

Among the ancient treasures, the two that remain intact are a strange flower basket treasure and a shield treasure.

The strange flower basket treasure comes from the Three-Headed Spirit Crane. Its main function is to target certain magical treasures with the attributes of water, wood, and earth.

It can be directly stored away; it is a special ancient treasure, and even a sixth-order magic weapon could be stored within it.

Unfortunately, when facing the Three-Headed Crane, Ye Jingcheng only used spiritual treasures or supernatural abilities.

The three-headed cranes were subdued by Kamaru before they could even be used.

Ye Jingcheng also planned to place this ancient treasure within the family for the family's cultivators to exchange for.

The remaining ancient treasure is a black iron shield.

Even Ye Jingcheng couldn't help but take a second look at this shield.

The number of ancient treasures and sixth-order magic weapons destroyed that day definitely exceeded five.

The fact that this black iron shield is still intact demonstrates its terrifying defensive capabilities.

However, due to the large number of Nascent Soul cultivators who joined forces that day, the Sky-Splitting Demon Saint who activated it was ultimately ambushed and killed.

Ye Jingcheng also put it away and even gave it the name Fu Yuan Shield.

The remaining two sixth-tier magic treasures were rather ordinary, and Ye Jingcheng planned to give them to the Nascent Soul cultivators who made the move that day.

Besides magical treasures, Ye Jingcheng also collected a lot of spiritual materials and other treasures.

There are more than twenty fifth-tier magic treasures, all of which are of superior quality or higher.

In addition, it even included an advanced spiritual herb ingredient from a Crimson Flame Fox.

Considering what the Ye family had collected before, now they have successfully collected all the sixth-order advancement pill materials for the Crimson Flame Fox and the Jade Scale Dragon.

At the same time, more than fifty top-grade spirit stones were also obtained.

This doesn't even include the primordial spirits of these Nascent Soul beasts and other ordinary treasures.

Without a doubt, the Ye family made a fortune this time as well.

Ye Jingcheng put away all the treasures, and then summoned the Crimson Flame Fox to prepare to start refining pills.

In addition to the congratulatory gifts he received, he also acquired a considerable amount of spiritual medicine spoils, which he can now refine into sixth-order spiritual pills, in preparation for refining sixth-order advancement pills and Three Jade Divine Essence Pills.

(End of this chapter)