Beast Families: I Have an Illustrated Book of All Souls

Chapter 1640 The Parting of Master and Disciple: Dream Devouring Breakthrough (Part Two)

Inside the Thousand Dust Divine Palace on Mount Penglai.

The Zisha teapot heats up without fire, its layers of spiritual patterns shimmer, wisps of spiritual mist drift out, and a refreshing fragrance wafts out.

“Master, it would actually be better to wait another hundred years or so.” Ye Jingcheng poured a sip of spiritual tea for Zheng Yuan Divine Lord, and then spoke slowly.

"I won't wait any longer. With you here, the Righteous Path Sect won't have any problems. Besides, the Ye family has a good reputation. Even if you sneak in, there won't be any problems for the next thousand years." Lord Zhengyuan shook his head and drank the spiritual tea in one gulp, just like drinking alcohol, clearly having made up his mind.

"This spiritual treasure is truly a fine item; that old Daoist Yunsha was actually willing to take it out!" Zheng Yuan Shenjun exclaimed in amazement, then shifted the topic to tea.

Upon seeing this, Ye Jingcheng wanted to say something, but then he realized that he would eventually have to resort to illegal immigration.

If even the Ye family can't say they were 100% successful in smuggling, what's the point of him saying anything more?

Therefore, he only took out a longevity peach.

But Zheng Yuan Shenjun waved his hand and pushed him back.

"This spiritual fruit is useless to me. If I succeed, the Spirit Realm will not lack longevity-extending items. If I fail, it will be a complete waste," Zheng Yuan Divine Lord continued in reply.

As he spoke, he picked up the teapot and poured himself another sip.

"Having cultivated for 4,321 years, what is there that I can't let go of? What is there that I can't see through?" Zheng Yuan Divine Lord drank the tea as if it were spiritual wine.

At this moment, he did not regard Ye Jingcheng as his disciple, but as his family, son, and old friend.

His words revealed a lack of confidence.

Even though he had mastered the method of concealing his aura, and even though he possessed the Void-Breaking Ruler, in the past hundred years, three others had attempted to smuggle themselves across, but only one succeeded.

The success rate is too low.

Those who reach the Nascent Soul realm are all exceptionally talented individuals.
“Actually, I’ve guessed some of it. The human race in the Spirit Realm doesn’t have the advantage. The Ascension Platform can still be used to ascend to immortality these days, but it should have fallen into the hands of the alien race. Since that’s the case, it doesn’t make much difference whether it’s sooner or later.” As Zheng Yuan Divine Lord spoke, he took out a Soul Slip and handed it to Ye Jingcheng.

This surprised Ye Jingcheng greatly.

The soul tablet can reveal whether a cultivator is still alive.

However, it is also easy to be targeted.

In particular, some secret techniques targeting the soul can be applied to cultivators through the Soul Slip.

Many cultivators, if they are not at ease before sneaking across the border, will not leave behind a soul slip.

The concern is that this could become a hidden danger in the future.

As for telling oneself whether one's sect is alive or dead, it doesn't really matter.

It was only in the last few hundred years that the secrets of ascension and smuggling were revealed to the public, which led every smuggling cultivator to begin keeping a soul tablet.

However, there is only one Soul Slip at most, and it is clear that Lord Zhengyuan did not intend to leave the Soul Slip to the Righteous Path Sect, but rather left it to him.

"With this Soul Slip, you can also summarize some experience, which will be useful for your smuggling. Your talent is the highest I have ever seen. You shouldn't waste too much time in the mortal realm." Zheng Yuan Divine Lord spoke again.

But this touched Ye Jingcheng once again.

Even at this point, Zheng Yuan Shenjun was still thinking about giving him some experience so that he could better smuggle himself across the border in the future.

Ye Jingcheng wanted to say something more, but he found that Zheng Yuan Shenjun had already drunk a pot of spiritual tea in a few gulps.

"Alright, it's time to go. I'll probably be smuggling myself out in the next few decades. I'll send you a telepathic message before I do." After saying this, Lord Zhengyuan walked outside.

After much deliberation, Ye Jingcheng took out a storage bag.

Inside the storage bag were four jade bottles.

Two of the jade bottles contained a Dust-Reducing Pill and a Primordial Essence Pill, respectively. The remaining two jade bottles contained a sixth-grade spirit pill for restoring true essence and a sixth-grade spirit pill for healing.

As for enhancing cultivation, he didn't give any, and even the Divine Lord Zhengyuan probably wouldn't need them.

"I'll accept the gift, no need to send it. Your master will be waiting for you in the Spirit Realm!" When Zheng Yuan Shenjun saw the elixir, his expression was clearly surprised, but he quickly nodded and spoke directly.

With that, it flew off into the distance.

"Master, take care!" Ye Jingcheng bowed deeply as he watched Zheng Yuan Shenjun fly out of Penglai Mountain on the sunset.

Until the latter disappeared into the teleportation array, turning into a ray of white light and returning to the world.

Lord Zhengyuan has already departed.

Ye Jingcheng now had a jade slip and a storage bag in his hand.

The jade slip contains information about the spirit world that Zheng Yuan Shenjun has recently collected, as well as records of the spirit world of the Righteous Path Sect and information on illegal crossings over the past hundred years.

Inside the storage bag were the spiritual materials for the Primordial Spirit Pill.

There were nearly two portions of spiritual materials.

Just like entrusting an ordinary alchemist, Lord Zhengyuan prepared a lot more, including some top-grade and high-grade spirit stones.

Consider it payment.

However, when a master asks his disciple to refine pills, he would not ask for any reward.

Ye Jingcheng also planned to send at least two Yuan Shen Pills to the Righteous Path Sect.

One will be given to Zi Ning, and the other to either True Lord Xu Huai or True Lord Xing Yuan.

If all goes well, the righteous sect will have two Nascent Soul cultivators; even if things don't go smoothly, they will at least have one.

"Unfortunately, the information is also too old..." Ye Jingcheng then looked at the jade slip again, couldn't help but mutter to himself, and returned to his cave.

He planned to spend the next period of time refining a spiritual elixir.

He didn't plan to keep the materials for the Yuan Shen Dan. Compared to the mortal realm, it would definitely be easier to obtain such materials in the spirit realm. And this time, after the Earth Immortal Realm ended, in addition to the righteous sects, Yun Sha Shenjun of the Zi Sha Sect also gathered a portion.

In other words, Ye Jingcheng has a total of eight spiritual materials.

Of course, only six of them are mature. The Ye family has two portions of medicinal herbs that are not yet mature and need to be catalyzed with the Blood Spring.

But for Ye Jingcheng, this is already unprecedented.

This was not only because the Ye family had plundered the spiritual herbs of two immortal sects, but also because of the gains brought by a mid-grade sixth-level alchemist.

……

When Ye Jingcheng returned to his cave, Ye Qingyan was already waiting at the entrance.

This time, Ye Qingyan will observe and learn from the process of refining the Primordial Spirit Pill.

Therefore, Ye Jingcheng had already communicated with him telepathically.

The latter had also made preparations well in advance and was waiting there.

"You've been waiting for a long time."

"Eleventh Uncle, I didn't have to wait long, I just arrived." Ye Qingyan is now at the mid-Nascent Soul stage, because he recently acquired Zhu Luan and two Demon Emperors as his spirit beasts.

Cultivation progresses rapidly; if it weren't for the need to build a solid foundation and avoid relying too much on elixirs, Ye Qingyan would have already broken through to the late Nascent Soul stage.

"Then let's get straight to refining the pills." Ye Jingcheng didn't waste any time on pleasantries.

During the years he did not go into seclusion, he often provided guidance to Ye Qingyan.

The other party is now a fifth-level top-grade alchemist.

It's a pity he can't activate the sixth-order alchemy furnace yet, otherwise he could use the sixth-order spiritual fire to try refining sixth-order spiritual pills. The spiritual materials for sixth-order primordial spirit pills shouldn't be wasted, so they'll be given to Ye Qingyan to refine. However, the Ye family can still afford the spiritual materials for the other ordinary sixth-order spiritual pills.

Upon entering the cave, the Crimson Flame Fox swiftly descended from the distant pavilion.

Finally, it transformed into a little fox and flew to Ye Jingcheng's shoulder in a flash.

He sat there lazily, eyes half-closed, dozing off.

Ye Jingcheng couldn't help but reach out and stroke the Crimson Flame Fox's forehead.

Gently pinching that warm, tingling hair, it subtly emitted a glimmer of precious light.

Ye Jingcheng was quite satisfied with the Crimson Flame Fox.

After all, the Crimson Flame Pill has already been refined, and Jade Dragon and Zhu Yan have both taken the advancement pill. Among them, Jade Dragon is considered the biggest competitor by the Crimson Flame Fox, and has already broken through to the mid-stage of the sixth rank.

But the Crimson Fox was not in a hurry.

If it were a golden-scaled beast, it would have been extremely eager and couldn't wait to take it immediately.

But unfortunately, the Ye family now has no choice but to use the Crimson Flame Fox to refine pills.

Therefore, even if the Crimson Flame Fox advances and gains the Three Jade Divine Essence Pill, potentially breaking through to the mid-stage of the sixth rank and greatly aiding its escape to the Spirit Realm, Ye Jingcheng did not allow the Crimson Flame Fox to go into seclusion for a breakthrough at this moment.

"Release the Zhu Luan, the Three-Eyed Demon Peng, and the Flame Dragon!" Ye Jingcheng said, taking out the alchemy furnace.

Ye Qingyan's main spirit beasts are three: the Zhu Luan at the peak of the fifth rank, the Yan Jiao at the middle of the fifth rank, and the Three-Eyed Yao Peng at the early stage of the fifth rank.

Of these three spirit beasts, the Flaming Flood Dragon was raised by Ye Qingyan from a young age, while the Three-Eyed Demon Roc and the Vermilion Phoenix were tamed later.

Actually, he also has a black crow with a fire attribute.

However, the black crow never successfully advanced or broke through to the fifth rank, so it could not become an aid to Ye Qingyan's alchemy. Like the fire cloud bird he had cultivated before, it was gradually marginalized.

"Okay!" Ye Qingyan nodded excitedly.

In the past, Ye Jingcheng would let his spirit beast watch the alchemy process himself. This time, he let the spirit beast watch along, which would allow Ye Qingyan to learn a lot from it as well.

It can also make those spirit beasts a little less arrogant.

Zhu Luan, in particular, had not been Ye Qingyan's spirit beast for long, was not good at alchemy, and did not understand it.

In its subconscious, alchemy is a matter for cultivators, and demons are not good at it.

Little did they know that their clan's ability to control fire far surpassed that of most cultivators.

Moreover, Zhu Luan has talent and has another chance to advance. The advancement pill has long been prepared for it, but Zhu Luan has always felt that its injuries have not yet recovered, so it has not taken it like Yu'er.

Clearly, the latter values ​​his own cultivation more.

Only after witnessing the magic of alchemists and the Crimson Flame Fox's ability to control fire and create pills will Zhu Luan understand how much potential alchemy can have in the future.

Zhu Luan, the Three-Eyed Demon Peng, and the Flame Dragon soon appeared, and in front of each of them floated a pill furnace.

Only then did Ye Qingyan look at Ye Jingcheng.

"Uncle Eleven, you're ready."

The three spirit beasts also greeted Ye Jingcheng.

Ye Jingcheng nodded in response, and then began to take out the Great Sun Golden Smoke Furnace and spiritual medicine.

The first pill he refined was the Nascent Soul Pill.

Ye Jingcheng usually produces three to four Nascent Soul Pills per batch, while Ye Qingyan produces one to two. Although the difference may seem small, it amounts to nearly twenty pills per ten batches.

As the Crimson Flame Fox transformed into eight shadows, surrounding the Great Sun Golden Smoke Furnace, five-colored flames appeared beneath the furnace.

The dazzling spiritual heat instantly filled the alchemy furnace, which made Zhu Luan feel somewhat incredulous, and the disdain in her eyes completely disappeared.

Ye Jingcheng, however, was not paying attention to Zhu Luan at the moment. He was looking at Ye Qingyan, explaining the details.

……

In the pursuit of immortality, time knows no bounds; ten years have quietly passed.

The Celestial Ox Green-Red Furnace landed in the void, enveloped by five-colored spiritual fire. The elixir inside was divided into twelve portions, with the assistance of a supporting array.

However, the celestial bull spirit on the alchemy furnace still appeared precarious and somewhat unstable.

After a long while, a spiritual incantation was cast, the flames dissipated, and the Crimson Flame Fox obediently went to the side.

"Eleventh Uncle, I've failed again!" Ye Qingyan opened the furnace lid and sighed as he looked at a somewhat pitted and lifeless pill.

Ye Jingcheng has now completed six batches of Yuan Shen Pills, producing a total of thirteen Yuan Shen Pills, averaging two pills per batch. This has greatly excited Ye Qingyan and Zhu Luan.

At the same time, Ye Jingcheng refined fifteen batches of Nascent Soul Pills, with each batch containing around four pills, for a total of sixty-two pills.

In addition, two batches of each of the Azure God Pill, Three Jade Divine Essence Pill, Thousand Moon Spirit Condensation Pill, and Heavenly Palace Pill were refined. Among them, the Three Jade Divine Essence Pill had the fewest pills, with only three produced.

The rest of the elixirs were in quantities of five or more.

After refining these core elixirs, Ye Jingcheng instructed Ye Qingyan to begin refining them as well.

He refined three batches of Nascent Soul Pills, producing seven pills, which was considered a good result.

Therefore, Ye Jingcheng also let him try to refine sixth-order spirit pills.

For a Nascent Soul cultivator to refine a sixth-order spirit pill, they either need to possess a divine domain, or have a sixth-order spirit fire or a sixth-order pill furnace.

He couldn't activate the sixth-order alchemy furnace, but the Crimson Flame Fox was extremely intelligent and could use its natal spirit fire as a sixth-order spirit fire.

Of course, this is just an attempt at the simplest sixth-order Rejuvenating Heavenly Heart Pill.

Even so, the difference between fifth-grade and sixth-grade spirit pills is not insignificant.

Each attempt at refining the pills was not perfect; this was the fourth batch already, but no successful pills had yet been produced.

"That's already quite good. What you need to do next is to raise your cultivation to the late Nascent Soul stage. Zhu Luan can also try to break through again." Ye Jingcheng said, handing two of the Nascent Soul Pills to Ye Qingyan.

"Eleventh Uncle, this!" Ye Qingyan was stunned. He had thought about one, but not two.

After all, the Ye family has quite a few members who need the Yuan Shen Pill.

"Take this. If you want to become a sixth-tier alchemist in the family, you will definitely need to break through to the Nascent Soul stage. And Zhu Luan, if you don't perform well, this Nascent Soul Pill will belong to Yan Jiao." Ye Jingcheng said to Ye Qingyan, and then looked at Zhu Luan.

Although Yan Jiao is only at the mid-stage of the fifth rank, he has excellent fire control, which will definitely give Zhu Luan a great sense of crisis.

After saying that, Ye Jingcheng gave Ye Qingyan another jade slip.

This is his own experience in refining all the elixirs, which can be considered his complete alchemy legacy.

This moment is also entirely for Ye Qingyan.

"Uncle, please rest assured, the name of the Ye family will not be ruined in my hands!" Ye Qingyan solemnly promised.

Just as Ye Jingcheng was about to say something, a flash of spiritual light appeared in the distance, and then the spiritual energy of heaven and earth flowed towards an insect chamber.

At the same time, a chilling whisper of insects seemed to echo in everyone's ears.

Then a ray of light rose up, and a terrifying aura began to brew.

"The Dream-Devouring Insect is actually faster than the Golden Scale Beast and the Vermilion Bird!" Ye Jingcheng never expected that the Dream-Devouring Insect, which was the last to go into seclusion, would become the fastest to break through.

(End of this chapter)