Beast Families: I Have an Illustrated Book of All Souls

Chapter 1612 Two Hundred Years of Smuggling (Thanks to reader with ID ending in 5564 for the 5000 coin reward)
Desert, Tianfeng Oasis.

A lush, spiritual aura enveloped the entire oasis, and golden rays of light shone brilliantly.

In the Ye family's council hall, as Ye Xuecang and the Crimson Flame Fox Qingqiu Fox Saint appeared from afar, all the Nascent Soul and Divine Transformation cultivators of the Ye family were present in the entire hall.

This time, the Ye family achieved a great victory, finally annihilating the Mu family and Tianjue Valley, eliminating future troubles. The reason for holding this event at Tianfeng Oasis can be considered a victory celebration for the Ye family. At the same time, Tianfeng Oasis, representing the Ye family, no longer needs to be hidden.

The people of the Sand Sea can also freely travel to the Eastern Regions.

At the entrance of the main hall, Ye Jingcheng was also waiting for news from Ye Xuecang, but Ye Xuecang shook his head and said:
“Jingcheng, I’ve searched the souls of several Golden Core cultivators. Tianjue Valley has destroyed several demon beast forces, but I haven’t obtained the Heavenly Dream Butterfly. Of course, it’s also possible that the Heavenly Dream Butterfly was killed when it was destroyed.” Ye Xuecang’s words caused everyone to feel a sense of disappointment.

A Heavenly Dream Butterfly represents a Heavenly General's inheritance, and behind this inheritance may lie immortal scriptures or a top-tier inheritance that can be cultivated to the point of fusion.

Of course, they also knew that the Ye family had already gained a considerable amount of wealth by obtaining the Heavenly Dream Butterfly from the Mad Dragon lineage.

The Heavenly Dream Butterfly is not a sixth-order demon saint, but a fifth-order demon emperor. Given such a long period of time, the chances of it perishing are indeed not small.

After all, the Heavenly Dream Butterfly that the Ye family obtained was only at the fourth rank at the beginning.

“I had anticipated the Heavenly Dream Butterfly's arrival, and I even captured a few Nascent Soul cultivators, which I can use for soul searching later. But this time, Hei Jue smuggled himself in, and he's likely succeeded. That's what we need to guard against!” Ye Xuecang then said with a serious expression.

"Judging from the timing and the blocked news from the Taiyuan Realm, there may not be any news that has reached Tianjue Valley. Therefore, in the eyes of those forces, it is very likely that the Mu family's treasure did not perish at the spatial node, but fell into the hands of my Ye family!" Ye Xuecang continued.

In fact, Mu Huayuan's death inside the spatial node was the best news for the Ye family, as no one would pursue any more treasures.

But the key point is that when the spatial node broke, both Nu Jue and Qing Jue were already dead, and Tao Yao Lao Zu had never even left the Ten Directions Inkstone.

Black Zetsu definitely wouldn't be able to find out any information, and in order to retaliate and protect himself, he would definitely embellish the story.

As soon as Ye Xuecang spoke, the others fell silent.

Although the Ye family is practically the number one family and the number one power in the mortal realm, and has also befriended many Nascent Soul cultivators.

But facing the spirit world is undoubtedly like throwing an egg against a rock.

“Second Grand Uncle, we don’t need to be so pessimistic. They are in the light, while we are in the dark. The Spirit Realm is much larger than the Mortal Realm, and there are tens of thousands of alien races there. It won’t be so easy for them to search.”

"At the same time, the area of ​​the spirit realm that is currently located in our mortal realm is still the territory of the Jade Soul Clan. It will definitely not be easy for them to send down a Nascent Soul cultivator or a Demon Saint."

"Secondly, unless they arrange for someone in the late stage of the Void Refinement or Nascent Soul stage to descend to the lower realm, even if these powerful beings descend to the lower realm briefly, they are easily drawn in."

“The traction went straight to the ascension platform and fell into the hands of the Jade Soul Clan,” Ye Jingcheng then comforted them.

Upon hearing this, Ye Xuecang and the others were unaware of all this, as they did not possess the Soul-Searching Mu Mingqing.

“However, we can’t stay in the mortal realm for too long.” Ye Jingcheng looked at Ye Jingyu.

His fourth brother can cultivate a method similar to deduction, so the other party can definitely cultivate it too. If they keep holding back their cultivation levels and don't sneak away or ascend, the forces in the spirit world will probably still try to come down.

If the Ye family wants to escape, hiding in the mortal realm won't work; they must break through to the Void Refinement stage, or even reach the Body Integration stage.

The Ye family has inherited quite a lot of things: the Sword Heaven General's legacy, the Puppet Heaven General's legacy, and the Qianhan Immortal Scripture of the Northern Underworld Palace.

These cultivation techniques might be slower to master in the mortal realm, but in the spirit realm, with ample spiritual herbs and resources, the cultivation speed can definitely be increased significantly.

"Second Grand Uncle, Qingnian, from now on, the family will devote all its efforts to collecting the spiritual materials for the Dust-Reducing Pill!" Ye Jingcheng then looked at Ye Xuecang and Ye Qingnian.

"There are still more than eighty years to go before we reach the Immortal Realm. I plan to start the process of smuggling myself there in two hundred years!"

"Isn't this too fast..." Ye Xuecang hesitated.

“Second Grand Uncle, it’s too late. Staying in the lower realm will only affect the Beast Tower in the mortal world. And just because we don’t ascend doesn’t mean they can’t do anything. You know, the Jade Soul Clan hasn’t even made a move yet!” Ye Jingyu, who was standing next to him, agreed with Ye Jingcheng’s idea.

Actually, staying in the mortal realm for a longer period would be much better for the Ye family's plans, but dragging it out for too long also carries great risks.

Moreover, as Ye Jingyu said, the blockade above is imposed by the Jade Soul Clan. Even the Ancient Demon Clan has the opportunity to enter the Great Yu Realm. Although the Jade Soul Clan cannot do so in the short term, in the long run, the other party will definitely take action.

"Then let's set a two-hundred-year smuggling plan!" Ye Xuecang, Ye Haihe, and other clan elders finally agreed.

But at this moment, everyone knew that in the next two hundred years, there would definitely be plans to focus on supporting specific clansmen and plans for core cultivators to stay behind.

It's impossible for everyone in the Ye family to enter Ye Jingcheng's cave and sneak in with him, even if Ye Jingcheng can refine a lot of Dust-Reducing Pills.

When a cultivator from the mortal realm enters the spirit realm, unless they are ascending to immortality and have undergone the baptism of the Ascension Pool, they are considered to have achieved immortality.

They will all be tainted by the aura of the mortal realm, and when they reach the spirit realm, they will face a minor heavenly tribulation. The weakest of these minor heavenly tribulations is the Nascent Soul lightning tribulation.

If a Golden Core cultivator or Nascent Soul cultivator arrives in the Spirit Realm without a Dust-Reducing Pill, they will almost certainly die if they encounter this Minor Heavenly Tribulation.

This is why other forces did not bring Nascent Soul and Golden Core cultivators when they smuggled themselves across the border.

Because even a Nascent Soul cultivator can withstand a minor heavenly tribulation, but a Core Formation cultivator has almost no chance of survival.

That is, the Ye family obtained the formula for the Dust-Reducing Pill and also found a lot of Dust-Reducing Pill ingredients in the Earthly Immortal Realm, which allowed them to bring some of their clansmen with them when they smuggled themselves across the border.

Furthermore, smuggling is not 100% successful; it's just that Ye Jingcheng has the Sky-Splitting Divine Earthworm and the Cave Heaven Stone Spirit, plus several Heaven-Reaching Spiritual Treasures, so his chances of successfully smuggling are the highest.

Those clansmen who remained behind needed to protect the Ye family's influence in the mortal realm by continuously guiding clansmen to illegally cross over.

However, the elders of the Ye family were very confident about this.

Because the Ye family now has so many demon saints and demon emperors, coupled with the influence of the beast-connecting patterns, and Ye Jingcheng's ability to refine primordial spirit pills.

It's still possible to maintain the status quo of Dayujie in the future.

When the smuggling plan was proposed, the expressions on the faces of the tribesmen all changed.

The eyes of Ye Qingnian, Ye Xuecang, Ye Haihe, and other clansmen held a greater sense of responsibility, while the eyes of Ye Zhijian, Ye Yunxuan, and others held a greater sense of expectation.

"There's no need to be so pessimistic. We haven't been exposed yet, and all of this is our precautionary measure!" Ye Jingcheng waved his hand, bringing everyone's thoughts back to the present.

"The opportunities we've gained this time, and the opportunities we'll gain in the Immortal Realm next time, will allow us to refine at least two to three Nascent Soul Pills, as well as sixth-order spirit pills. This will ensure that at least two mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivators will appear within two hundred years." Ye Jingcheng did not mention the Jade Immortal Crimson Marrow Pill.

After all, there are still some risks associated with these elixirs, as they are only sixth-grade high-quality elixirs. However, he is confident in his ability to produce the Three Jade Divine Essence Elixir, the Thousand Moon Spirit Condensation Elixir, and the Primordial Spirit Elixir.

Secondly, he can also refine a lot of fifth-grade spirit pills and advancement pills. Once these spirit pills are produced, the strength of the Ye family will undergo earth-shattering changes, even if it only lasts for two hundred years.

Of course, before that, we must take precautions against people smuggling themselves down to investigate or target the Ye family.

"Qingnian, tell me about the family's gains in the Taiyuan Realm this time!" At this moment, Ye Jingcheng also looked at Ye Qingnian and began to give a brief summary.

At this point, Ye Qingnian couldn't contain his joy and excitedly spoke:
"Father, elders, this time, in the Taiyuan Realm, the clan obtained twenty-one sixth-tier spiritual herbs and over nine hundred and eighty fifth-tier spiritual herbs in relation to the Mu family. Of course, only thirty percent of them were mature! There were also hundreds of thousands of fourth-tier, third-tier, and second-tier spiritual herbs..."

"Regarding the grotto-heavens, we obtained eight grotto-heavens, five fifth-tier secret realms, eleven fourth-tier secret realms, thirty-three third-tier secret realms, plus more than seventy first and second-tier secret realms. This is even after many secret realms were not relocated using the Sky-Piercing Technique due to time constraints..."

"Regarding spirit stones, we obtained 135 top-grade spirit stones, 183,000 high-grade spirit stones, and a massive amount of mid-grade and low-grade spirit stones. The exact number hasn't been fully tallied yet, but it's safe to say that the Ye family's spirit stone reserves will at least triple..."

"Regarding the spiritual veins, we only found them inside the cave heavens. However, we found five sets of sixth-order spirit gathering arrays and sixth-order spirit attracting stones. Two of these sets can be dismantled and relocated, and two of them are at the mid-grade sixth-order level..."

At this point, smiles spread across the faces of all the Ye family members.

The gains from this attack on the Mu family are enormous. It will allow the Ye family to have at least three new sixth-order spiritual veins, and at least two of them can be upgraded to mid-grade sixth-order spiritual veins.

This upgrade was provided free of charge.

The Ye family doesn't need to spend any spirit stones themselves.

"Regarding spirit beasts, we have obtained nine spirit beast clans that have reached the fifth rank. We have initially selected thirty-eight spirit beast cubs and spirit eggs for the Beast God Valley, and this is still within the standard that the Ye family's Beast God Valley has raised!"

"Everyone should also practice this Soul-Locking Spirit Contract here!" At this moment, Ye Jingcheng took out dozens of jade slips and distributed them to every clansman here.

Those who are here at this moment are mostly at or above the late stage of the Golden Core realm.

With this Soul-Locking Spirit Contract, they will definitely be able to make better use of the Beast-Connecting Pattern to improve their cultivation.

"This..." Ye Xuecang, Ye Haihe, and the others were all overjoyed.

Previously, they dared not contract too many unfamiliar spirit beasts, but now, they can at least contract a powerful spirit beast with high cultivation level to boost their cultivation.

Of course, if you want to stabilize your combat strength in the future, you will still need to cultivate your own spirit beasts.

After all, the Soul-Locking Spirit Pact only offers one chance.

"Then let me tell you about my gains in the Jueyu Realm!" After Ye Qingnian talked about his gains in the Taiyuan Realm, Ye Xuecang also began to talk about his gains in the Jueyu Realm.

(End of this chapter)