Beast Families: I Have an Illustrated Book of All Souls

Chapter 1613 What is the Initial Formation of the Family Beast Hall? (Two Chapters Combined, Seeking Monthly Tickets and Subscriptions)

In front of the Ye family's council hall, Ye Xuecang first took out a grotto-heaven, and then took out more than ten storage bags.

At the same time, he also took out a five-colored nurturing lotus from his storage bag.

Ye Xuecang took out the five-colored Dao-nurturing lotus along with a spiritual pool magic treasure, which was filled with spiritual water.

Under the five-colored light, the water appeared exceptionally beautiful.

"This Five-Colored Dao-Nourishing Lotus will mature soon, so we can accelerate the process." Ye Jingcheng looked at the Five-Colored Dao-Nourishing Lotus. Although he already knew about it from the family token, he still felt delighted at this moment.

Now, including the spiritual materials given by the God of Breaking Heaven, and the ones the Ye family originally had, they have made up three sets of spiritual materials.

"In the Jueyu Realm, because it only occupies one-third of the area and is not very familiar to us, there are only three sixth-order spiritual herbs including the Nourishing Dao Lotus. There are quite a few fifth-order spiritual herbs, two hundred and eighty-nine, but ninety percent of them are not yet mature."

"Regarding the secret realms, we obtained one fifth-tier secret realm, two fourth-tier secret realms, and eight third-tier secret realms. As for those below the second tier, I did not arrange for them to be obtained."

"Secondly, there are spiritual treasures and ancient treasures, one spiritual treasure and three ancient treasures..."

Ye Xuecang continued his introduction, and each introduction filled the family members with immense excitement.

After all, these treasures and resources were obtained this time, and in the end, they will fall into their hands.

In addition, many of them have made significant contributions to their families, which can be earned through those contributions.

Even though Ye Jingcheng's face was full of smiles at the moment, with these resources and spiritual herbs, as well as the Soul-Locking Spirit Contract and these treasures, the Ye family would probably achieve the same results in two hundred years as they had in the previous four or five hundred years.

"Qingnian, I'll take care of the rest. Qingyan and I will handle the pill refining," Ye Jingcheng said to Ye Qingnian.

Upon hearing this, Ye Qingnian felt an even greater sense of responsibility on his shoulders, but he did not refuse, for the Ye family's future two hundred years would certainly be of paramount importance.

With so many resources, it's important to use them on the right people.

Perhaps at other times, the Ye family could wait for those clansmen with a solid foundation, but now it is definitely necessary to enhance the family's power as much as possible.

This way, if his father were to lead a group to illegally cross the border in the future, there would be suitable clansmen to follow him, and also suitable clansmen to stay behind.

Thinking of this, he took a deep breath and began to rethink the plan he had prepared earlier.

He bowed to the elders and clan leaders before slowly speaking:
"Dear uncles, elders, clan elders, and core hall masters and deputy hall masters of the Ye family, this matter is of great importance. If there is anything wrong, please correct me!"

After speaking, he looked at Ye Xuefan, Ye Jingyu, and Ye Xingliu:
"Fourth Great Ancestor, Fourth Uncle, Third Uncle, the most important thing for the family right now is the arrangement of spiritual veins. The spiritual veins of Tianfeng Oasis and Sanyuan City need to be upgraded to the middle grade of the sixth rank, and the spiritual veins of Tianma Islands, Sun and Moon Island in Star Sea and Yunming Prefecture in the Central Region need to be upgraded to the sixth rank."

"As for the family's fourth-order and fifth-order spiritual veins, which ones need to be upgraded, here is a list. I need you, Third Uncle, to help arrange the clan members in the Array Hall..." Ye Qingnian handed a jade slip to Ye Xingliu.

“Okay!” The three of them readily agreed. The most powerful array master in the Ye family right now is Ye Jingyu, followed by Ye Xuefan, Ye Xingliu, and Ye Haifei.

However, Ye Jingyu is currently the Ye family's most likely candidate to break through to the Nascent Soul stage, so naturally, we cannot arrange too many things for him.

The matter of the spiritual veins is related to the future breakthroughs of the Ye family members, and it cannot be delayed either.

Otherwise, there wouldn't be enough spiritual energy, so how could we talk about improving the cultivation speed of our clansmen?

"Yunmei, you and Aunt Jingyu should arrange for the upgrading of the spirit herb gardens in these spiritual veins. The spirit soil will be brought back by the family. This time, we couldn't bring back the spirit herb gardens from Taiyuan Realm and Jueyu Realm, but we did bring back the spirit soil. Secondly, the sixth-order and fifth-order spirit herb gardens can be used to set up spirit seed arrays. The spirit herbs for the spirit seed arrays should mainly be materials for Nascent Soul Pills and Primordial Spirit Pills." Ye Qingnian continued to look at Ye Yunmei.

The latter has now reached the Nascent Soul stage and is in charge of the family's Spirit Plant Hall affairs with Ye Jingyu.

Of course, this Spirit Seed Array is not the Heaven-Mending and Spirit-Nourishing Array obtained in the Earthly Immortal Realm.

The Ye family cannot find a second set of the spiritual materials needed for mending the heavens and nurturing the spirits. Currently, there is only one such formation for mending the heavens and nurturing the spirits, which is set up in Ye Jingcheng's cave.

However, the Ye family does possess the Spirit Seed Array, which originated from the Danhuang Secret Realm and was obtained when the Ye family was still a Golden Core clan.

This spiritual seed is not as effective as the Heaven-Mending and Spirit-Cultivating method, but it can be used with special spiritual herbs to accelerate the cultivation of a particular spiritual herb.

The Ye family is currently lacking only Yuan Shen Pills and Hua Ying Pills, so they naturally rely mainly on these spiritual herbs.

"Secondly, the family has recently acquired many cultivation techniques for nurturing spiritual herbs. Among these techniques, the most famous are the Green Wood Spirit-Cultivating Scripture and the Hundred Herbs Nourishing Essence Spirit Scripture. Both of these techniques can be cultivated to the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm. You can arrange for your family members to cultivate them. There are no other requirements for your family members' cultivation, except that they must cultivate spiritual herbs with a certain amount of spiritual energy and true essence every year and every ten years!" Ye Qingnian took out more than ten jade slips.

These jade slips were obtained from the Mu family and Tianjue Valley. The cultivation techniques inside these jade slips are the same as those previously obtained by the Ye family. After cultivation, true essence and spiritual power can accelerate the ripening of spiritual herbs.

Of course, this ripening-enhancing elixir will definitely affect a cultivator's cultivation.

Currently, the people who practice these techniques the most are actually the clan elders, which leaves Ye Qingnian helpless.

However, not everyone in the Ye family can break through to the Nascent Soul or Void Refinement stage, nor can everyone reach that level, even if they have spirit beasts or beast-connecting patterns.

Therefore, he relaxed all the requirements of this technique.

Even the time required to cultivate medicinal herbs has been shortened.

Thus, many people who want to cultivate higher-level techniques can naturally choose to become special spiritual plant masters.

"Okay!" Ye Yunmei took the cultivation manual, and her eyes began to harden.

She knew that her research on the Ye family's spiritual plants and medicines was still limited, but perhaps with this cultivation method, she could help her family to the greatest extent possible.

Of course, she didn't say anything.

She wouldn't tell anyone, and perhaps she would regret it later, but at this moment, seeing Ye Qingnian say this, and hearing what the family had been discussing before, she felt a surge of emotion.

She suddenly remembered the day Ye Xinghan left, when Ye Jingyu cried tears of joy. She suddenly remembered so many elders.

When they left, they did not regret not reaching the end of their cultivation journey, but rather felt that through their family, they had reached the Foundation Establishment Purple Mansion stage, which they had never dared to dream of before, yet they were unable to repay their family!

Just like the family's inner court test, what is the family's question?
At this moment, however, she had her own definition.

Some people bend down to build bridges, not caring about fame; others leap into the water, disregarding life and death.

that is it.

Ye Qingnian didn't see Ye Yunmei's gaze; he continued to look at Ye Qingyan and Ye Jingcheng.

"Father, eldest brother, the family needs you to refine the fifth and sixth-tier spirit pills. I've calculated that we're short at least seven Nascent Soul Pills, and we're also short quite a few fifth-tier advancement pills..."

"Eleventh Uncle, leave the spirit pills below the fifth rank to me. You can take care of the sixth rank spirit pills and the fifth rank supreme rank spirit pills," Ye Qingyan said proactively.

Now that he has Zhu Luan, his skill in refining elixirs has improved considerably. Even though he is still only at the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm, he is full of confidence.

"Alright, if there are any that you can't refine, just let me know." Ye Jingcheng didn't refuse.

He had quite a few elixirs to refine, including many advanced-level elixirs. In fact, he hadn't given the recipes to Ye Qingyan, so he was the one who would refine them.

Secondly, he also needs to prepare for cultivation. If possible, he still hopes to break through to the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm.

This way, the chances of entering the spirit world and escaping are much greater.

After arranging the matters concerning spiritual veins, medicinal herbs, and elixirs, Ye Qingnian looked again at the Ye family's puppet hall, weapon hall, and talisman hall. The arrangements were all meticulously planned and executed without the slightest disorder.

Even Ye Jingcheng and Ye Jingyu nodded in agreement.

Ye Qingnian has indeed become a qualified head of the family.

Even behind Ye Qingnian, one could see Ye Qingfu, Ye Yunsheng, and other members of his clan following.

This is clearly Ye Qingnian grooming a new head of the family.

Each generation has its own mission. Ye Qingnian is now in the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm. When he reaches the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm, he will also have much less time.

In addition, he is the family's spirit and has a seven-inch beast-like marking, making him one of the top ten most talented people in the family.

“Father, elders, I have another suggestion.”

"The family stipends should be adjusted, and the family's hall master policy should also be adjusted."

“We are now a Divine Transformation Immortal Sect, and we have obtained a lot of spirit stones. We cannot neglect the training of our family members. Secondly, now that our family has become an Immortal Sect, Golden Core cultivators are no longer suitable to be hall masters. I suggest that in the future, only Nascent Soul cultivators can be hall masters, and only late-stage Golden Core cultivators can be deputy hall masters. Under the deputy hall masters, hall managers should be established, and there will be no cultivation requirements for hall managers.” Ye Qingnian expressed his ideas.

"Let's double the family stipend, and also increase all the family's rewards. We'll also add rewards for the Nascent Soul Competition. The family has quite a few spiritual treasures now, so the top three in the Nascent Soul Competition and the top one in the Golden Core Competition will be rewarded with ancient treasures and spiritual treasures until they're all gone. However, the Foundation Establishment Competition is held every ten years, the Purple Mansion Competition every twenty years, and the Golden Core and Nascent Soul Competitions every fifty years." Ye Jingcheng nodded in agreement.

The Ye family now has virtually no enemies in the mortal realm, so they certainly can't afford to be complacent. The Grand Competition is therefore of utmost importance.

Even the competition among different branches should be appropriately increased.

Only in this way can the Ye family be immortalized.

"By the way, the family is also going to establish a Beast Hall!" Ye Jingcheng continued.

"All unclaimed spirit beasts belong to the Beast Hall, where they can also be exchanged for family treasures and earn family contribution points."

"Below the Beast Hall, there are Sacred Mountains. Any mountain with a Demon Saint is a Sacred Mountain. Currently, there are two core Sacred Mountains: Tianni Sacred Mountain and Qingqiu Sacred Mountain. Jinpeng Sacred Mountain and Chenjing Sacred Mountain can be established later. Below the Sacred Mountains, Beast Valleys will be established. Each Beast Valley must have at least a Demon Emperor. Those with greater potential and sufficient contributions will be included in the core Beast Valleys. Below the Beast Valleys, there will be no further division. In addition, the Beast God Valley will still exist, and there is only one requirement: talent cannot be lower than that of a Demon Emperor."

As Ye Jingcheng spoke, everyone nodded in agreement.

The Ye family now has quite a few spirit beasts, and it would be a waste not to organize them properly.

"Father, what about the head of the Beast Hall?" Ye Qingnian asked.

"Let's go with Earth Dragon. That's the one for now. You can observe the rest of the candidates further." Ye Jingcheng thought for a moment and then decided on a candidate.

The Beast Hall Master cannot be too weak, but it also cannot be a demon saint like Tian Nie Qing Qiu. Earth Dragon is the most suitable candidate.

Of course, if possible, Ye Jingcheng would still be willing to give the earth dragon a chance to break through.

Therefore, the Ye family still needs to find a few suitable alternatives.

After discussing a few more matters, the meeting was adjourned.

Beside the entrance to the main hall, Ye Jingyu also looked at Ye Jingcheng.

"Jingcheng, when will the Dream-Swallowing Worm be able to swallow dreams? My spirit dragons are all curious about what's in the Heavenly Dragon Sea." Ye Jingyu couldn't help but ask at this moment.

This question also touched the hearts of Ye Haifei, Ye Qingnian, and other members of their clans who possessed dragon-like spirit beasts.

"It will probably take a few more years!" Ye Jingcheng was also very interested in the Heavenly Dragon Sea.

There were even a few demon saints and primordial spirits waiting to be devoured by dream-devouring and soul-searching.

In particular, the remnant soul of the Gluttonous Demon Ancestor could also dissipate.

But since the Dream-Eating Insect was in seclusion and breaking through, he couldn't interrupt it and could only continue to wait.

After asking the questions, Ye Qingnian, Ye Yunxuan, and other clansmen took Ye Jingcheng to see some spirit beast cubs.

There are indeed quite a few highly talented individuals this time.

Among them were many talents of the seventh and eighth tiers, which Ye Jingcheng also pointed out, allowing the core members of the Ye family to distribute them among themselves.

He himself didn't have any particular thoughts; he already had enough spirit beasts, wood spirits, and stone spirits.

That's enough to boost his cultivation; anything more would hinder it.

After the family meeting ended, Ye Jingcheng first went to take a look at the Heavenly Dream Butterfly Valley.

There are currently two Heavenly Dream Butterflies in the dream realm. One was obtained from the Heavenly Beast Sect, and the other was acquired from the Mu family.

Before the two Heavenly Dream Butterflies, cultivators would go to the Dream Forging Center to temper their hearts, and the family also had certain arrangements for the candidates.

Ye Jingcheng didn't look at it again, because when he could obtain the Heavenly General's inheritance was really a matter of probability.

After reading it, Ye Jingcheng returned to his cave on Mount Ling.

Chu Yanqing sat under the apricot tree, by the stone table, quietly watching Ye Jingcheng.

Clearly, the latter has been waiting for a long time.

However, Chu Yanqing knew that every family had its own difficulties.

Ye Jingcheng sat down to the side, suddenly finding himself enjoying himself, with a hint of debauchery in his expression.

"Young lady, are you waiting for someone here all by yourself?"

"Yes, we're waiting for someone, someone who doesn't know what's good for them!" Chu Yanqing couldn't help but giggle after Ye Jingcheng's teasing.

Those eyes and those words reminded Ye Jingcheng of more than five hundred years ago, when they first met. Because of family matters, Ye Jingcheng deliberately kept a certain distance.

Even now, there are still many things that Chu Yanqing doesn't know, but she should be able to guess some of them.

Ye Jingcheng smiled and pulled Chu Yanqing into his arms.

He sat down to the side, holding a cup of tea, and looked at the fiery clouds in the distance.

The apricot leaves drifted down in the wind.

Time really flies!

“Yes, people are calling you great-great-grandfather and ancestor.” Chu Yanqing couldn’t help but smile.

Her eyes were brimming with happiness.

Knowing that Ye Jingcheng would definitely be refining pills and cultivating his skills, she cherished the time she had now.

(End of this chapter)