Beast Families: I Have an Illustrated Book of All Souls

Chapter 1635 The Five Elements Trial, Finally Obtaining the Cultivation Technique (Thanks to JIANGMP for the 500 reward)
The north wind howls, the maple leaves turn fiery red, and on the mountainside, a jade lake ripples with clear blue water.

Several figures landed in front of the lake and all looked at Ye Qingnian, who was at the front.

"This should be it. Dark volcano, red maple wood, boundless water, there must be metal-attribute spirit ore here, which is very much in line with the sect style of the Five Elements Sect." Ye Qingnian held a Five Elements Token in his hand, which emitted an extremely rich spiritual light.

Five different colored spirit patterns even appeared, but the spirit patterns stopped abruptly there.

There was no indication of the entrance to the secret realm.

"We need to find the center point of the formation!" Ye Qingnian took out the Void Insect, and also took out the Peach Wood Demon and the Sky-Splitting Earthworm.

"Uncle Tao, Uncle Qiu, please help me find the entrance to the secret realm!" Ye Qingnian didn't waste any time.

Their current location is even deeper than that of Ye Jingcheng and his group from the Earthly Immortal Realm last time.

It's easier to encounter other Nascent Soul cultivators here, and naturally, it's also easier to find high-grade spiritual herbs.

Although they came following the Five Spirits Token, they have already found quite a few spiritual herbs.

Among them was a sixth-tier spiritual herb.

Naturally, after finding the inheritance of the Five Spirits Sect, they wanted to continue searching for other spiritual herbs and inheritances.

The Immortal Realm only opens for one year every three hundred years.

Time is not plentiful.

"This way!" At this moment, Peach Wood was in human form and spirit form. From its body, a pillar-thick golden spiritual root emerged and traversed the void first.

The golden spiritual root pierced through the void and landed on the ground, only to find that the surrounding scenery suddenly changed.

The fiery red maple trees had vanished without a trace, revealing a dark, fiery mountain. This sacred mountain seemed to have erupted, and a powerful fire-attribute spiritual energy was being nurtured within it.

"Oh no, it's about to erupt!" Ye Tengming and Ye Yunxi couldn't help but feel anxious.

Before either of them could react, the peach wood's spiritual root once again pierced through the void, and then fell from a rock on the mountain.

As the stone was pierced, a ray of light spread out, the fire-attribute spiritual power disappeared, and the dark red color vanished.

The entire Lingshan Mountain has returned to its ancient and ordinary appearance.

It was bare, just like an ordinary barren mountain.

This scene astonished everyone, but the Sky-Splitting Earthworm showed no reaction. Having spent a considerable amount of time with the Peach Wood, it naturally knew the Peach Wood's abilities.

"The Five Spirits Sect's inheritance should not have been taken away yet. There should be a five-layer formation here. It's just a pity that Fourth Uncle hasn't arrived yet," Ye Qingnian said with some regret.

"No need to regret it, they're here!" Ye Qingfeng said again.

In the Immortal Realm, cultivators' spiritual sense is compressed. Ye Qingnian is in the mid-Nascent Soul stage, but Ye Qingfeng is in the late-Nascent Soul stage. Moreover, Ye Qingfeng is also a weapon refiner. If she wants to refine a good magic weapon, her spiritual sense naturally cannot be too weak.

Sure enough, after five or six breaths, Ye Jingyu's figure appeared on the horizon, along with Ye Tengchuan, Ye Zhijian, Ye Qingwen, and others.

"Fourth Uncle, you've come at the right time. There should be a Five Elements Formation here, and it's divided into five layers." Knowing that Ye Jingyu was coming, Tao Mu stopped and did not try to break the formation again.

"Keep breaking it! This formation is indeed a composite formation of the five elements!" Ye Jingyu is currently the most powerful formation master in the Ye family.

Although he has spent years studying the Nine Stars Divination Classic, his mastery of formations has not diminished.

It's obvious that the Five Spirits Sect's formation is miraculous.

"This formation requires either a highly skilled formation master or cultivators with the five elements to work together to guide the five formation bases," Ye Jingyu said with a smile.

Of course, the reason he looked like this was because he estimated that the person who set up the formation did not expect that peach wood, a special type of wood spirit, could break the formation.

Seeing that Ye Jingyu knew a lot, the Peach Wood Demon did not stop. Together they broke through three layers of the formation, and a whirlpool appeared on the water's surface.

In the center of the vortex, the entrance to a secret realm appeared.

"Let's go, this should be the inheritance of the Five Spirits Sect!" As the vortex secret realm appeared, the Five Spirits Token also turned into a ray of light and quickly disappeared into the vortex. Even Ye Qingnian couldn't catch it.

"It seems that this inheritance can only be passed on once." Ye Qingnian was somewhat surprised, but Ye Jingyu knew that it was not that the token had sentience, but that this guiding token could only be used once.

“Such a legacy is very likely to be passed down.” Ye Jingyu frowned as he said this.

"Everyone will take turns going in, but be careful, going in might be a test. Depending on how well you pass the test, you will receive different treasures and inheritances." Ye Jingyu sent in a beam of spiritual light, which disappeared into the entrance of the vortex secret realm. He added this last part.

"Tao Mu, you'll go with Teng Chuan; he has five spiritual roots," Ye Jingyu instructed again.

“Then I’ll go in first. I have three spiritual roots,” Ye Qingnian said.

Among the eight members of the Ye family, Ye Zhijian, Ye Qingfeng, and Ye Yunxi all have single spiritual roots, Ye Tengming has a different spiritual root, Ye Qingwen has two spiritual roots, Ye Qingnian and Ye Jingyu have three spiritual roots, and only Ye Tengchuan has five spiritual roots.

"If that's the case after we go in, I will send a message to everyone through the family token." After saying that, Ye Qingnian leaped up and entered the secret realm.

Upon entering the secret realm, Ye Qingnian found himself in a grand hall.

There are five spirit statues in the main hall.

At this moment, only three lights were lit up.

Meanwhile, in front of the spirit statue, there was an eight-immortal table and a futon. There were two orbs of light on the eight-immortal table, but no treasures could be seen in the orbs, and the futon was even more eerie.

Before Ye Qingnian could go and check, he discovered that a shadow was gradually gathering on the futon.

The next moment, the shadow appeared with a face exactly like Ye Qingnian's and attacked him directly.

"Is this the test?" Ye Qingnian was initially surprised, but after sensing the other party's strength, he became extremely cautious.

This spirit is indestructible and will only grow stronger, eventually reaching almost the strength of a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator.

Ye Qingnian was ultimately defeated after the spirit figure displayed the strength of the peak Nascent Soul stage.

He was defeated by a blade of earth-attribute power, just as he was about to unleash his ultimate move.

After all, he had no idea whether dying here meant truly dying.

"The earth-attribute sword shadows are so terrifying. The Ye family also has a sword hall, but among the Ye family's swordsmen, there are not many who can be considered particularly amazing. On the contrary, the Heavenly Sword Sect has a pretty good genius." Ye Qingnian couldn't help but sigh.

He calmed his thoughts, made a brief summary of the battle, and then sat down on the prayer mat.

He also performed three simple bows and lit three sticks of incense.

To his surprise, as the sandalwood smoke appeared, words indeed began to emerge.

"Enter my Five Spirits Gate, and you will obtain my Five Spirits Intent!"

"If you are not destined to receive this treasure, then take it and leave!"

These four simple words gave Ye Qingnian an extremely terrifying sense of pressure.

Ye Qingnian felt as if someone was really asking him a question.

This made him feel a little confused.

What does it take to enter the Five Spirits Sect, and how do you determine that?

But the smoke dissipated quickly.

The sandalwood incense extinguished itself and turned to ashes, which fell into the alchemy furnace.

At the same time, the ball of light floating in front of him dissolved.

A jade slip and an ancient treasure, the Mo Dao, were revealed.

"This hall actually possesses sentience!" Ye Qingnian was even more astonished, and he felt as if the other party knew his thoughts. He tried to take out the spirit beast, but he couldn't, and he also discovered that the hall seemed to be constantly dissipating.

"This is troublesome!" Ye Qingnian put away the jade slip and the treasured sword.

The jade slip contained a cultivation technique called the Three Qi Yang Yuan Spiritual Scripture, which could be cultivated to the peak of the Void Refinement stage. It also included sword techniques, making it a sword cultivation technique.

Ye Qingnian wasn't particularly interested in sword forging, but he found the tradition behind it interesting.

It should be noted that most powerful cultivation techniques in the mortal realm are of a single attribute.

Even those from the Ye family who came from the spirit world are like this.

The trouble lies in the fact that the Ye family may not be able to obtain the lower part of the Five Elements True Scripture.

If they had known this would happen, the Ye family would have brought more cultivators with five spiritual roots.

Although the Ye family doesn't have many Nascent Soul cultivators with five spiritual roots, they have already produced several Golden Core cultivators with five spiritual roots.

They are all people of great perseverance, and with the addition of the Ye family's spirit beasts and beast patterns, two of them are even cultivating the Five Elements True Scripture.

Just as Ye Qingnian hesitated, the hall began to fade into nothingness, until it finally disappeared.

Ye Qingnian was momentarily dazed and found himself outside as well.

"Fourth Uncle, it's just as you said!" Before Ye Jingyu and Ye Qingfeng even entered, Ye Qingnian spoke directly to Ye Jingyu.

"It will most likely provide cultivation techniques based on the cultivator's spiritual root. There is no danger, and you can also gain combat experience. I will now issue an order to let Teng Xi and Yun Xun in. They are both cultivating the Five Elements True Scripture!" Ye Qingnian continued to add.

He didn't know how long this secret realm entrance would last, so naturally the sooner he brought those people here, the better.

Although it is dangerous for the Ye family's Golden Core cultivators to come to the Upper Immortal Realm, the Ye family's Golden Core cultivators also carry a Nascent Soul Demon Emperor within them.

However, this delayed the treasure hunt of the family's Golden Core cultivators.

But compared to the inheritance of the Five Elements True Scripture, this delay is definitely worthwhile.

"Then let Teng Chuan go first. I just tested it, and the spirit beast can't get in," Ye Jingyu said directly.

"I'll do it!" Ye Tengchuan nodded. At this moment, he was actually under some pressure.

If he had obtained the cultivation technique himself, he wouldn't have felt so much pressure, but this concerned Ye Jingcheng's cultivation technique, which was the second half of the first ancestor of the Ye family.

This naturally put a lot of pressure on him.

"Try your best to defeat that spirit shadow even if you are of a higher level. Also, if possible, silently pray to join the Five Spirits Sect..." Ye Qingnian gave Ye Teng guidance based on his own guess.

Ye Tengchuan nodded and also entered the secret realm.

Inside the main hall, all five spirit statues lit up at that moment.

Ye Tengchuan also saw the spirit statue, the ball of light, the eight-immortal table, and the futon.

Sure enough, as he appeared, a spirit figure that looked exactly like him appeared on the futon.

The spirit figure also rushed straight towards Ye Tengchuan.

"He does resemble my eleventh great-uncle!" Ye Tengchuan was inexplicably excited at this moment because the opponent's moves were somewhat similar to Ye Jingcheng's.

Ye Tengchuan naturally admired Ye Jingcheng immensely and had no disrespectful thoughts whatsoever.

However, that doesn't mean he didn't think about surpassing Ye Jingcheng, since Lingying, whose cultivation level was now comparable, was here.

"Eleventh Uncle, I'm sorry!" Ye Tengchuan was so engrossed in the conversation that he simply called the other person "Eleventh Uncle".

A magical flying sword appeared in his hand, and he even used the Big Dipper Star Sword Manual.

Six stars appeared above his head, signifying that he could unleash the six strongest swords.

Before reaching the Nascent Soul stage, he could only unleash three or four sword strikes, but after reaching the Nascent Soul stage, he could not only unleash six sword strikes, but their power was also incomparable.

When he was at the Golden Core stage, he could easily crush Ye Tengming, who was at the same level.

Therefore, he was very confident.

But only after they clashed did he realize how troublesome his opponent was. The five true spiritual divine abilities were continuous and inexhaustible, even more complex and unpredictable than his own sword light and sword intent.

Fortunately, his strength was indeed not weak. When he unleashed his sixth sword, he had already defeated the spirit shadow, who was at the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm.

"Let's continue!" Ye Tengchuan's sword intent surged.

Although he knew that the strength of his eleventh ancestor was definitely more than that, he was still inexplicably excited.

However, once the opponent reached the late Nascent Soul stage, he was already finding it difficult to cope.

Fortunately, at this moment, it is still possible to resist.

Since he learned from Ye Qingnian that there was no risk, he was not too afraid.

He was even subtly practicing his swordsmanship.

Therefore, he thought he could hold out for as long as he could, and finally, when his opponent reached the peak of the Nascent Soul stage, he was defeated almost instantly.

Sure enough, just as he felt he was about to die, the spirit disappeared.

"I want to join the Five Spirits Sect! I want to join the Five Spirits Sect!" Although Ye Tengchuan didn't know if he could obtain the Five Spirits True Scripture, the test was now over.

He could only hope for good luck, and he decided to convince himself first.

When he arrived at the prayer mat, he lit the finest sandalwood incense and kowtowed repeatedly.

In the cultivation world, receiving someone's inheritance is considered half a disciple, and it's perfectly normal for a disciple to kowtow to their master. Ye Tengchuan had nothing to be embarrassed about.

"The stars and the Big Dipper have fallen, and the five spiritual connections are no more."

What surprised Ye Tengchuan was that the words appearing in the smoke were different from what Ye Qingnian had said, and at that moment he even panicked a little.

Moreover, the smoke dissipated immediately.

He recalled when he received the Star Sword Sect's inheritance, which meant he had become a disciple of the Star Sword Sect.

For a moment I felt a little regretful.

If he had to choose between the two inheritances, he would definitely choose Ye Jingcheng's Five Elements Inheritance.

Because if it weren't for the latter, with his five spiritual roots, he would have had a hard time even reaching the Foundation Establishment stage, and would probably have turned to dust long ago!

At this moment, the smoke had dissipated, and Ye Tengchuan could only look at the jade slip and the treasure.

To his surprise, this technique was actually the Five Elements True Scripture.

Furthermore, it has a lower half, and one can cultivate it up to the late stage of the Integration Realm!

This gave Ye Tengchuan a sense of relief and made him extremely excited again!
He didn't pay much attention to the treasures, on the contrary.

He guessed that this technique was developed based on tests.

Although his cultivation level wasn't high, it was considered to have jumped two minor levels to three minor levels.

Moreover, compared to other cultivators, sword cultivators clearly have an advantage in this kind of life-or-death test!

(End of this chapter)