Beast Families: I Have an Illustrated Book of All Souls

Chapter 1619 I Also Have a Jade Slip (Thanks to NiwaiY for the 500 coins)

As the golden dawn rises from the endless sea in the east, the markets of Sanyuan City are already bustling with activity.

Figures weaved through the streets and alleys, and at this moment, in front of the temple, a figure couldn't help but gaze ahead.

Seemingly feeling that the time was about right, he finally cast a talisman into the distance.

Once the talisman reached the center of the temple, it disappeared without a trace.

A short while later, a spiritual talisman slowly returned in response.

Although the response from the talisman was somewhat indifferent, he was still delighted, and soon arrived in front of a divine palace called the Thousand Dust Divine Palace.

At the entrance of the shrine, two beast puppets were set up, which were somewhat similar to the Four Mystic Ancient Lions.

What surprised him was that he always felt this beast puppet was different from ordinary beast puppets.

"Come in, a rare guest!" a voice called out from afar.

"I am Yu Chan, and I have long admired Fellow Daoist Qian Chen. Today I am finally fortunate to meet you!" The cultivator seemed oblivious to the mocking voices from afar, and continued to walk in with a smile.

"This is the Jade Lotus of the Cold Toad Palace from my Cold Toad Palace. It shouldn't exist anywhere else. Consider it a gift for your Nascent Soul ceremony!"

"I dare not accept that." Although Ye Jingcheng saw that it was a sixth-order jade lotus, this Jade Toad Demon Saint was from the Myriad Demon Alliance.

The Ten Thousand Demon Alliance not only accepted the Five-Colored Demon Saint and the Heavenly Bamboo Demon Saint, but also the Black Ox Demon Saint.

The former wanted to devour the Dao before Ye Jingcheng broke through to the Nascent Soul stage.

The latter, however, was an attempt to destroy the Ye family during Ye Jingcheng's ascension to godhood ceremony.

The Ye family would naturally not let it go like that.

“Fellow Daoist Qianchen, I know you still have some reservations, but at this moment, even if our Ten Thousand Demon Alliance wanted to hand over the Xuan Niu Demon Saint, the Five-Colored Demon Saint, and the Tianzhu Demon Saint, there is nothing we can do.” The Jade Toad Demon Saint clearly understood Ye Jingcheng’s meaning.

It could understand; if it were in its place, being hunted down at such a crucial moment...

That would be a fight to the death; even if no action is taken in the short term, retaliation will surely follow in the future.

However, the key point is that the Ten Thousand Demons Alliance did not know that the Ye family was so powerful at first, so they did not pay much attention to it.

I never expected the Ye family to rise so quickly. They broke through to the Nascent Soul stage in just over a hundred years, yet they were already able to destroy the Mu family and Tianjue Valley, becoming the number one power in the Ten Realms.

Most importantly, it's the Ye family's influence.

A mid-grade sixth-level alchemist could easily attract more than ten Nascent Soul cultivators as soon as the news of free pill refining spread.

Although the Ten Thousand Demons Alliance has developed well in recent years, it may not be able to compare with the Mu Family, which has rallied other forces in the Taiyuan Realm.

"Oh?" Ye Jingcheng didn't expect the Jade Toad Demon Saint to say such a thing.

"Fellow Daoist Qianchen should have heard that our Ten Thousand Demon Alliance is actually very lenient. Demon Saints of the demon race can simply sign a simple alliance agreement. It was established for self-preservation. After learning that the Ye family had destroyed the Mu family, these three Demon Saints had already sneaked out half a year after the Mu family was destroyed. Because they did not leave behind any soul slips, their current fate is unknown!" Demon Saint Jade Toad said.

Clearly, these three demon saints knew that once the Ye family was free and their strength recovered, they would attack them. Therefore, they secretly crossed the border ahead of time and headed towards the Spirit Realm.

This made Ye Jingcheng frown.

Black Jue was already troublesome enough for him, and now three more demon saints have arrived.

These three demon saints definitely harbored resentment towards the Ye family. It would be alright if they died in the storm at the spatial node.

However, if they were captured by the Jade Soul Clan after entering the Spirit Realm, and subjected to severe torture or soul searching, the Ye family in the mortal realm would be too easily exposed.

Although there is no evidence, for the powerful forces in the spirit realm, they wouldn't feel much pain even if they killed the wrong force or destroyed the wrong realm for those treasures.

The reason why the Ye family was able to develop in Taihang County in the past was that the Qingqiu Fox Saint had a deterrent effect on the Penglai Demon Sect.

Secondly, Penglai didn't really take the Ye family seriously at that time; in their eyes, the Ye family didn't have any treasures.

The reason for the news of the Beast Wasteland is simply that some Nascent Soul cultivators are searching for the spiritual treasures left behind by the Eight Desolations Sect.

Of course, this magical treasure is indeed real, but it was not in the hands of the Ye family back then, but in the hands of Sikong Ziming, namely the Xuanlian Lingpu.

"At which spatial node did they leave?" Ye Jingcheng asked again.

“Fellow Daoist Qianchen, they all ascended from the spatial nodes of the Heavenly Insect Realm. The spatial nodes of our Mortal Realm are still almost entirely controlled by various Demon Saints and Nascent Souls.” Jade Toad Demon Saint reported truthfully.

As he spoke, he took out a jade slip, within which appeared a huge demonic beast with a tiger's head, a single horn, and lion's ears.

Beneath the beast's single horn grew an eye, and as this eye opened, the scene showed three figures disappearing into a spatial node.

Although the three figures did not reveal their true forms, Ye Jingcheng could still recognize them as the Five-Colored Demon Saint, the Heavenly Bamboo Demon Saint, and the Black Ox Demon Saint, who were traveling together.

"This was seen by the leader of the Ten Thousand Demons Alliance, Earthly Demon Saint, and it is absolutely true!" Jade Toad Demon Saint added.

At this moment, the Ten Thousand Demon Alliance was indeed aggrieved, and was willing to offend people in order to win over and accept these three demon saints.

However, out of fear, these three people smuggled themselves across the border without leaving behind any soul tablets.

"Why are you showing me this scene, fellow Daoist? There are countless illusions in this world, and the scene is so fake. Even the oaths of Heaven cannot be completely trusted. How can I believe this?" Ye Jingcheng waved his sleeve and turned to leave.

"Fellow Daoist Qianchen, what are your conditions? Name them and Yu Chan will deliver them." Yu Chan Demon Saint also knew that things could not end well now.

"By the way, Fellow Daoist Qianchen, before coming to Sanyuan City this time, the core members of the Rift Sky Mantis Clan, the Yuan Lei Clan, the Xuan Niu Clan, the remaining dragons of the Tianjiao Sea, the Zhenhai Demon Ape Clan, and the Three-Headed Spirit Crane Clan were all expelled from the territory by the Ten Thousand Demon Alliance. What do you think, should they be expelled there, or should they be expelled to the secret realm of Sanyuan City..." Jade Toad Demon Saint spoke very carefully.

The word "expel" was used extremely aptly.

This isn't expulsion; it's clearly being sent to the Ye family. As for whether the Ye family is killed, tortured, or bound by contract, that has nothing to do with the Myriad Demon Alliance.

These groups, with their demon saints either dead or having fled, would no longer be protected by them.

Don't assume that just because the demon race is a single race, they are of one mind. In fact, the demon race is even more incompatible with each other than the various human factions.

If there are fewer of these demonic beasts, they can have more territory and spiritual resources.

Previously, they were afraid that the Ye family would be completely absorbed and their strength would increase dramatically. In addition, they wanted to win over the Xuan Niu Demon Saint and extend the influence of the Ten Thousand Demon Alliance to the Heavenly Insect Realm.

Unless the remaining demon saints of the Celestial Insect Realm go to the Mortal Realm, they certainly won't dare to take in any more races.

"By the way, Fellow Daoist Qianchen, I heard that you are still missing a Qilin horn when it comes to your magic treasures and spiritual materials. I wonder if the horn of a sixth-order Tai Ri Lion Qilin Beast would be suitable..." Jade Toad Demon Saint continued.

Upon hearing this, Ye Jingcheng no longer intended to refuse.

He simply took out a jade slip.

If the other party showed him a jade slip, he would naturally show him one in return.

The jade slip contained the Ye family's plan, which was to take action against the Ten Thousand Demon Alliance thirty years from now.

Now, the Ye family is already contacting the Nascent Soul stage in the mortal realm.

Of course, this message was temporarily recorded by Ye Jingcheng in the jade slip.

You can believe in the Jade Toad Demon Saint, or you can not.

"You can take this jade slip back to the mortal realm," Ye Jingcheng said, then saw the guest off.

If the Ten Thousand Demon Alliance truly yields, then the three Demon Saints have indeed escaped.

Ye Jingcheng really couldn't afford to completely annihilate the Ten Thousand Demon Alliance.

Ye Jingcheng will definitely ascend to the Spirit Realm two hundred years later.

He also needs to protect the Ye family's reputation; otherwise, two hundred years from now, when all forces besiege the Ye family, Ye Qingnian might not be able to withstand it.

Secondly, the possibility of illegal border crossing is too troublesome.

Each additional person attempting to smuggle themselves across increases the risk of them succeeding, and those who succeed may face the risk of being interrogated and discovered by the Jade Soul Clan.

Unfortunately, there are too many spatial nodes, and Ye Jingcheng is unable to know all of them.

If pushed too far, the other Nascent Soul and Demon Saints will all sneak out.

The concept of smuggling has been around for over a thousand years, and various deities and saints have actually prepared some treasures.

Those like Zheng Yuan Shen Jun and Zi Yang Shen Jun are waiting for their respective forces to produce new deities so they can sneak in.

Those who successfully smuggle themselves out may not be forced to reveal their secrets because they have a decent relationship with the Ye family.

But those who are hostile to the Ye family will definitely blurt everything out before the other party can even press them for answers.

Seeing the Jade Toad Demon Saint leave in deep thought, Ye Jingcheng couldn't help but sigh.

This feeling of being out of control was extremely unbearable for the Ye family.

What protects the Ye family now is that incredibly sturdy boundary wall.

The Ye family only has one path left: to enter the Spirit Realm and develop rapidly by utilizing the Beast-Connecting Patterns.

Thinking of this, Ye Jingcheng also took out his alchemy furnace and began refining the Dust-Clearing Pill.

He discovered that the old man, the Spirit Forging God, was still waiting.

Since he's willing to wait, then let him wait. Ye Jingcheng isn't going to go there on his own and let the other party take advantage of him.

Even if the other party has a sixth-order alchemy furnace, they might still be a sixth-order mid-grade weapon refiner.

But I am still a mid-grade sixth-level alchemist, and this is my own territory. If the other party is not as strong as me, then they should be prepared!

As Ye Jingcheng began refining pills, the seclusion notice was hung on the palace.

In the distant palace, even the Spirit Forging God-King couldn't help but frown.

He saw Yunsha Shenjun leave with great joy and guessed that Ye Jingcheng must have refined a lot of Three Jade Divine Essence Pills.

He thought that he could exchange his sixth-order natal magic weapon and sixth-order pill furnace for a Three Jade Divine Essence Pill.

So he wanted to wait for Ye Jingcheng to come to him.

He just didn't expect that Ye Jingcheng would directly put up a sign saying he was in seclusion.

At that moment, several figures flew in from a distance and finally landed in front of Ye Jingcheng's divine palace.

The two puppet lions suddenly opened their mouths:
"Gentlemen, Lord Qianchen is currently in seclusion refining pills. If you wish to see him, you may come back in a few days!"

"That's a real pity..." The person leading the figure was none other than the Golden Roc Demon Saint and the Star Whale Demon Saint in disguise.

The two transformed into human form and arrived in Sanyuan City, having important business to attend to.

Unexpectedly, she missed Ye Jingcheng.

(End of this chapter)