Beast Families: I Have an Illustrated Book of All Souls

Chapter 1616 Shocking Exchange of Cloud Sand by Two Saints (5000-word long chapter, please vote and subscribe)

The golden rays of the sunset turned into golden smoke, and within the swirling smoke, a great sun could be faintly seen.

The sun slowly rotated, and the spiritual fire below continued to burn.

Finally, with a hum, the sun dispersed, and a furnace lid flew up, revealing a spiritual pill with a cinnabar pattern.

"Finally, it's all done!" Ye Jingcheng looked at the golden elixir in the distance and breathed a long sigh of relief.

The Crimson Flame Fox in the distance also let out a low growl and retracted all its tails.

Ye Jingcheng took out the jade bottle and filled it with the elixir.

Meanwhile, a group of spirit beasts had already gathered around.

This time, Ye Jingcheng spent three whole years refining the pills.

In the three years that followed, he refined six advancement pills, including the fifth-order Heavenly Nirvana Pill, the fifth-order Azure Hill Pill, and the sixth-order Crimson Flame Pill, the sixth-order Vermilion Sluice Pill, and the sixth-order Jade Unicorn Pill.

In addition, he refined two batches of Three Jade Divine Essence Pills, three batches of Thousand Moon Spirit Condensation Pills, and two batches of Sixth-Order Heavenly Palace Pills.

A total of four Three Jade Divine Essence Pills were successfully made, five Thousand Moon Spirit Condensing Pills were successfully made, and three Heavenly Palace Pills were successfully made.

To Ye Jingcheng's surprise, among all these elixirs, there were four elixirs with pill patterns.

They are the sixth-order Zhu Yan Dan, the sixth-order San Yu Shen Yuan Dan, the fifth-order Qing Qiu Dan, and the fifth-order Tian Nie Dan.

Although he is now a sixth-level alchemist and has the help of the Crimson Flame Fox, it is still very difficult for him to refine an alchemy with sixth-level pill patterns.

Having these four is already quite good.

Especially the Three Jade Divine Essence Pills and the Crimson Scent Pill.

One can guarantee that Zhu Yan will likely break through to the sixth rank without using the Yuan Shen Pill, and the other can guarantee that the Ye family's Heavenly Nirvana Demon Saint or Qingqiu Demon Saint can break through to the mid-stage of the sixth rank.

Two hundred years is not a long time, and the Ye family should make full use of this period to increase their strength as much as possible.

"Yu Lin, Zhu Yan, Jin Lin, come here!" Ye Jingcheng specially selected three pills from the Thousand Moon Spirit Condensation Pill to ensure the best effect.

"Yu Lin, Zhu Yan, use this Thousand Moon Spirit Condensation Pill to break through your True Essence barrier first. Once you feel the opportunity, then swallow the pill!" Ye Jingcheng first handed the advancement pill to Yu Linlong and Zhu Yan.

Both of them have devoured the primordial spirits of demon saints, especially the Jade Dragon, which has already devoured four or five, so Ye Jingcheng is not worried. However, Zhu Yan still needs to be prevented from failing.

Therefore, after a moment's hesitation, he still took out a Yuan Shen Pill and gave it to Zhu Yan.

"If you feel that your cultivation level is unbreakable, then swallow this Primordial Spirit Pill."

"Thank you, Master! Roar!" Even though Yu Linlong already had a fearsome reputation, he couldn't help but speak excitedly at this moment.

"Thank you, Master!" Zhu Yan was simple-minded, but his eyes were overflowing with gratitude.

Although it is a demon king, it is still straightforward and doesn't say anything nice.

Then, at Ye Jingcheng's wave, they each chose a sacred mountain and began their seclusion.

"Golden Scale, here's the Primordial Spirit Pill for you. Remember to break through after you've finished swallowing the Thousand Moon Spirit Condensation Pill, but not here, but in the Sand Sea Spirit Vein." Ye Jingcheng gave the pill to the Golden Scale Beast, letting the latter prepare.

Although Ye Jingcheng's Stone Spirit Cave Heaven is large, its spiritual veins are also quite abundant, not much worse than a mid-grade sixth-order spiritual vein.

But since Yu Lin and Zhu Yan are already in seclusion, it would be better for the Golden Scale Beast to go to a different place.

Upon hearing this, the golden-scaled beast nodded.

"Thank you, Master! Thank you, Master! Thank you, Master!" The golden-scaled beast was still in its original form, but it kept kowtowing as it expressed its gratitude.

It knocked three times, creating a large hole in the soil in front of it each time.

"Seven Colors, you just need to train a little longer!" Ye Jingcheng looked at the Seven Colors Cloud Deer.

Although the Seven-Colored Cloud Deer is actually stronger than the Golden Scale Beast in terms of talent, the latter's efforts far surpass its own, and its cultivation level is also superior.

While the Seven-Colored Cloud Deer can attempt a breakthrough, forcibly entering seclusion now carries considerable risk and may even have the opposite effect.

"Master, I know!" The Seven-Colored Cloud Deer nodded, and a wisp of soul energy blew out from its large black nose, causing the spiritual patterns on its seven-colored body to flash continuously.

It knows it's lacking, so it needs to work harder from now on.

Besides the Seven-Colored Cloud Deer, the Crimson Flame Fox also did not allow it to consume an advancement pill to advance its level.

It's not even been two hundred years yet, and he may still need the Crimson Flame Fox to refine pills.

With Yu Linlong already in seclusion to break through, Tian Nie will likely also go into seclusion at that time, so it's still necessary to maintain sufficient combat power.

After Ye Jingcheng finished distributing the spirit pills, he began distributing the treasures. Although Ye Jingcheng had an explanation, the remaining spirit beasts were still somewhat downcast at this moment, especially the Sky-Splitting Divine Earthworm.

It performed exceptionally well this time, but unfortunately, it couldn't find any advanced spiritual blood, so it naturally couldn't refine the Divine Earthworm Pill.

"Congratulations, Master, on your advancement in alchemy once again. This time, many of our fellow beastmen have made leaps in strength. Even if we dominate the Spirit Realm, it won't be long before we ascend together and prove our Dao in the Immortal Realm..." Peachwood began his usual flattery.

It did alleviate that low mood quite a bit.

Regarding the Rift-Sky Divine Earthworm Cave Stone Spirit and Peach Wood, they are also looking for Advancement Pills.

However, their sixth-tier advancement pills are even harder to find, and currently they are much inferior to the Golden Scale Pill and Seven-Colored Pill in terms of spiritual materials.

If you want to advance, you might really have to wait until the Spirit Realm.

After Ye Jingcheng finished unleashing all his treasure light, he also discovered that the Vajra Flying Ant King had once again entered seclusion and was about to break through to the late stage of the fifth rank.

Ye Jingcheng was pleasantly surprised, but like other spirit beasts, the Vajra Flying Ant also had a hard time finding sixth-order advancement pills, and probably could only wait for the Spirit Realm.

Fortunately, if the Vajra Flying Ant swarm is large enough, even without being at the sixth rank, its Heavenly Origin Battle Formation can still provide enough power to rival a Nascent Soul cultivator.

After examining the Golden Ants, Ye Jingcheng went to see the Dream-Swallowing Insects and the Mysterious Heavenly Vine.

The Dream-Swallowing Insect is still in seclusion, but its surface soul power has clearly diminished. It is estimated that it will break through in one or two years, at which time it will be able to learn more about the spirit world and the secrets of the Heavenly Flood Dragon Sea.

Of course, it's also possible that because there are too many sixth-tier primordial spirits prepared, and the soul power is too strong, it's even possible that the Dream Devouring Insect could break through directly.

Therefore, Ye Jingcheng still needs to gather all the Dream Devouring and Soul Searching materials together.

The Xuan Tian Ling Vine, however, had only grown a little over the past few years because the Blood Spring had been used to enhance the lifespan of advanced pill materials and sixth-grade spiritual herbs, and had not received much Blood Spring water. As a result, it had grown only an inch or so longer, but it was much greener.

It seemed that the Xuan Tian Ling Vine was imbued with a precious light, enabling it to absorb even ordinary spiritual energy from heaven and earth.

And there is no need for spiritual eyes.

This is good news.

However, given the current length of the vines, it would probably take hundreds or even thousands of years for the Xuan Tian Ling Vine to bear fruit.

Currently, in order to prepare for smuggling, the Xuan Tian Ling Vine has matured, and it will most likely have to be placed in the Spirit Realm.

After a moment's thought, he left the cave, leaving the Golden Scale Beast in the sand sea, and then teleported to the Heavenly Nirvana Sacred Mountain.

Although both the Heavenly Nirvana Demon Saint and the Qingqiu Demon Saint have submitted to Ye Jingcheng.

However, one of the two sacred mountains has a sixth-order pure fire spirit vein, and the other is home to the Qingqiu Fox Clan and the Fox Saint Palace.

So they all remained on their respective sacred mountains.

Ye Jingcheng then arrived at Tianni Sacred Mountain.

Sensing Ye Jingcheng's aura, the Heavenly Nirvana Demon Saint quickly appeared and landed in front of Ye Jingcheng.

"Tian Nie of the Beast Hall and Sacred Mountain greets Master." Tian Nie Demon Saint also mentioned the name of the newly reformed hall of the Ye family.

It also showed sufficient respect.

"Is Fellow Daoist Qingqiu in seclusion?" Ye Jingcheng inquired.

"No, it is currently responsible for guarding Sanyuan City," said Tianni Demon Saint.

Upon hearing this, Ye Jingcheng was taken aback for a moment, then suddenly realized what was going on.

Despite the Ye family's annihilation of the Mu family, they still only have five Nascent Soul cultivators on the surface, plus one sixth-tier corpse puppet.

Currently, Ye Jingcheng and Yu Linlong Chi Yanhu are in seclusion, the sixth-order corpse puppet is stationed on Penglai Island, and the newly acquired Chenjing Demon Saint and Jinpeng Demon Saint have not yet been made public.

The defense of Sanyuan City naturally fell to Tianni Demon Saint and Qingqiu Fox Saint.

"Then let's go to Sanyuan City together and take a look!" Ye Jingcheng was also a little curious at this moment.

Although he proposed the plan for the Three Yuan Holy City, the construction and various plans of the Three Yuan Holy City were all completed by members of the Ye family.

He left the country in such a hurry that he didn't really know much about it.

"Alright!" Tian Nie Demon Saint knew that Ye Jingcheng must have something to announce.

It might even be the Bloodline Pill from before.

Therefore, it also carries some expectations.

When Tian Nie Demon Saint and Ye Jingcheng were teleported to Sanyuan City, they were somewhat surprised to see the magnificent city and the vast number of cultivators in the distance.

"This number is not much less than the previous Nascent Soul Ceremony. It seems they did a good job!" Ye Jingcheng was quite satisfied with this, regardless of the cultivation level of these cultivators.

Such a large number of cultivators already speaks volumes.

Moreover, a long mountain range has now appeared next to Sanyuan City.

Within these mountains, there are countless newly discovered caves.

The Ye family also rents and sells these cave dwellings. He even saw quite a few Sky-Piercing Palaces.

Ye Jingcheng estimated that the Ye family has now even started selling their secret realms.

Ye Jingcheng first flew to the center of Sanyuan City.

His temple is there.

The Fox Saint of Qingqiu also clearly sensed his presence and came from the side.

"Fellow Daoist Qingqiu has come at the perfect time, I happen to have something to say!" Ye Jingcheng led the two into his divine palace.

Before either of them could speak, he took out two jade bottles.

Each jade bottle contains two spirit pills: two Heavenly Nirvana Pills and two Azure Hill Pills, both of which are fifth-tier advancement pills.

"These are the Bloodline Pills that were promised before, two for each person. However, before consuming these pills, one's cultivation level must be at least at the fifth level, and one's age should not be too old. Finally, before consuming the pills, it is best to swallow a little pill powder to make sure there are no other reactions before consuming them!"

"Secondly, these elixirs must not be given to other races!" Ye Jingcheng added.

In fact, he refined four of each type of elixir this time.

But the Ye family will definitely stay.

For example, Ye Qingyan should give it to Zhu Luan, and Ye Qingfeng should give it to Guan Feng and Hei Wu.

"Thank you, Master!"

"Thank you, Master!" Both demons were overjoyed.

The Fox Saint of Qingqiu will definitely give Yu'er one, while the Phoenix Saint of Tianni might give Guanfeng one, or he might not.

But that's all Tianni Fengsheng's prerogative, and Ye Jingcheng won't interfere.

After the two demons put away, Ye Jingcheng took out two more jade bottles. One of the jade bottles contained the Three Jade Divine Essence Pill, and the other contained the Primordial Spirit Pill.

"Over the years, you two fellow Daoists have risked your lives for my Ye family. I, Ye, am not a short-sighted person. These two spirit pills are a reward from my Ye family to the Qingqiu Clan and the Tiannie Clan!" Ye Jingcheng said.

"Of course, I won't give you these two spirit pills right now. Instead, they're in the family's Beast Hall exchange tower. You two can go there to exchange them. Right now, only the two of you can exchange these two items!"

The Ye family now has a Beast Hall, and naturally, there is also a merit system where the Beast Hall can be exchanged for treasures.

The cultivators still kept their family's treasure vaults, which were divided into an outer building and an inner building.

The Beast Hall Exchange Tower is specifically designed for family Beast Halls.

Once these two items are in place, the Golden Roc Demon Saint, the Star Whale Demon Saint, and the newly joined Turtle Mountain Demon Emperors will be able to see them.

That will definitely increase enthusiasm.

He summoned the two saints to warn them not to have any other ideas.

"Alright, that's fine, but this is too precious!" Neither the Qingqiu Fox Saint nor the Tianni Demon Saint had expected this, and were even a little stunned at this moment.

After all, one is a spirit pill that can break through to the mid-stage of the sixth rank, and the other is a primordial spirit pill that can break through to the Nascent Soul stage.

Any one of these items could cause quite a stir among Nascent Soul cultivators.

But now it was laid out before them, and they didn't need to give them any treasures, only the Ye family's achievements.

And because of the previous battles of Penglai Island and Tianmu City, their achievements were already enormous.

Not to mention they also obtained quite a few sixth-tier spirit pills.

“Fellow Daoist Qingqiu, actually there is still one Three Jade Divine Essence Pill left this time, but the chances of you breaking through with this one pill are not high. To ensure a successful breakthrough, I will keep it for now!” Ye Jingcheng then explained to the Fox Saint of Qingqiu.

This time, four Three Jade Divine Essence Pills were refined, and according to the rules, Ye Jingcheng was entitled to two.

However, this time it was Lord Yunsha who entrusted the elixir, and the elixir with the pill pattern might not fall into Ye Jingcheng's hands.

Therefore, it's not certain that the Qingqiu Fox Saint could break through by taking ordinary Three Jade Divine Essence Pills, since his cultivation level is not as high as that of the Heavenly Nirvana Demon Saint.

Of course, the reason he explained it was because he considered that for Nascent Soul cultivators, the Primordial Spirit Pill was ultimately just something given to the clan and could not improve themselves.

He had witnessed the performance of Qingqiu Fox Saint over the years, and if he could leave behind the Three Jade Divine Essence Pill with Danwen, he would be willing to give it to help Qingqiu Fox Saint break through.

That would most likely mean that Qingqiu Fox Saint could also break through to the mid-stage of the sixth rank. Adding Tianni Phoenix Saint and Yulin Dragon, that would mean three mid-stage sixth-rank combatants.

But if that doesn't work out, we'll definitely wait and see.

After all, the Ye family couldn't possibly gather enough materials for another set of Three Jade Divine Essence Pills.

“Master, we need more than just Tian Nie and me for these Three Jade Divine Essence Pills. Having even one is already an immense blessing!” The Fox Saint of Qingqiu was well aware of the preciousness of the Three Jade Divine Essence Pills.

In its mind, Jade Dragon and Heavenly Nirvana are the most suitable.

Its cultivation level was, after all, somewhat lacking.

But the fact that Ye Jingcheng could say those words still touched it somewhat.

This means that the Ye family does not regard it as a pet, but as a member of the Ye family.

"Then it's settled!" Ye Jingcheng was still thinking of continuing the discussion with the two demons.

However, news came from both Potian Divine Lord and Yunsha Divine Lord.

Because he did not conceal his presence when he came to Sanyuan City, both of them knew about him without needing to look specifically.

However, he only glanced at it briefly.

This small city of Sanyuan has as many as seven or eight Nascent Soul cultivators and Demon Saints.

This is truly a lively scene.

"Alright, you two saints should return to your respective spiritual mountains. I will contact you if needed." Ye Jingcheng then waved his hand, seeing them off.

“I’ll wait here for a while. There are quite a few fellow cultivators in Sanyuan City lately,” said Qingqiu Fox Saint.

Tian Nie can go back, but that's to break through to the mid-stage of the sixth rank. As for it, there's not much need for it.

Among the Nascent Soul stage demon saints who came this time were demon saints from the Myriad Beasts Alliance, and it was worried that they might make a move.

Having one more of it is always a good thing.

Hearing this, Ye Jingcheng didn't refuse and let the Qingqiu Fox Saint go.

After the two left, a short while later, two more people arrived in front of Ye Jingcheng's shrine.

Yunsha Divine Lord looked at Potian Divine Lord, and the two exchanged a smile.

Clearly, neither of them expected that they would run into each other the moment they arrived.

“Fellow Daoist Yunsha, I’m not in such a hurry!” Potian Divine Lord spoke first.

He sensed the confidence in Ye Jingcheng's tone in his reply.

This means the Yuan Shen Dan (Primordial Spirit Pill) was successfully made.

Now that we've succeeded, there's no need to worry. It doesn't matter if it's a little earlier or later.

In terms of strength, the Zhao family is no match for the Zisha Sect.

"Haha, thank you very much, fellow Daoist. I am indeed in a bit of a hurry this time, so I will take my leave first!" This time, Lord Yunsha did not decline.

Because in the telepathic message Ye Jingcheng sent him back, he said that the pill was made, but there was something to discuss.

He also wanted to say that he had something to discuss as well.

That's why I rushed here so quickly.

Ye Jingcheng was at the entrance of the Divine Palace, but this time he did not invite Potian Divine Lord to enter as well.

This is a private matter, and also a commissioned matter; I suspect the other party doesn't want it made public.

"I refined some other pills, which took some time. I apologize for keeping you waiting, fellow Daoist!" As soon as he entered the Divine Palace, Ye Jingcheng poured Azure Dragon Wine for Yunsha Divine Lord.

It wasn't that he didn't want to pour the spirit tea.

Rather, it's because he doesn't possess the precious Zisha Cloud Teapot, so his tea-pouring skills are certainly inferior to those of the Cloud Sand Sect.

But this spirit wine is different.

"Not at all, I should thank you for your help in refining the pills!" Lord Yunsha waved his hands repeatedly!
"Fellow Daoist, do you have any questions about alchemy?" After taking the spirit wine, he took a small sip and then asked.

"There's no problem, it's just that I refined four Three Jade Divine Essence Pills," Ye Jingcheng replied calmly.

Then he took out a jade bottle containing three Three Jade Divine Essence Pills.

There was another one that Ye Jingcheng had already given to the Heavenly Demon Saint.

Upon seeing that one of the three had a dazzling array of patterns, Lord Yunsha instantly understood what Ye Jingcheng meant.

Normal cultivators accept commissions to refine elixirs.

If multiple pills are refined, most of the slightly lower quality ones will be given to the cultivator who commissioned the project.

But in reality, the elixir was made from the spiritual materials provided by the client, who also paid a fee. According to the rules, the client should have the right to receive a better elixir.

However, producing multiple pills was already beyond expectations, so producing more pill-patterned spirit pills would need to be discussed.

(End of this chapter)