Beast Families: I Have an Illustrated Book of All Souls

Chapter 1645 The Ye Family's Situation and the Pride of Spirit Forging (Two Chapters Combined, Seeking Monthly Tickets and Subscriptions)

Sanyuan City, Qianchen Divine Palace.

The white tea mist transformed into a dragon's shadow, rising and passing through the purple screen, swirling above the hall.

"Knowing that Fellow Daoist Zhengyuan is alright, I am relieved." It was Ziyang Divine Lord who spoke from inside the room.

He naturally attended this Nascent Soul Cultivation Conference as well.

“Fellow Daoist Ziyang can also take advantage of that opportunity.” It was Ye Jingcheng who spoke.

He took out the teapot again and poured a cup for the Divine Lord Ziyang. The aroma of the sage's tea instantly filled the entire room.

Lord Ziyang nodded.

Yuan Tan of their Ziyang Sect has now become a Nascent Soul cultivator by using the sect's spiritual herbs and sixth-order spiritual fire.

He also rose to become a sixth-level alchemist.

Even though he wasn't very skilled at alchemy, with the trump cards he left behind and the sixth-order corpse puppet, there was no need to worry about the decline of the Ziyang Sect.

Therefore, he also planned to find a spatial node after this Nascent Soul Cultivation Conference and break through there.

He knew that Zheng Yuan Shenjun had smuggled himself out of the country, and the other party had even told him that he could come to the Ye family to inquire whether he had succeeded or not.

Although he was surprised, he eventually came over.

Since the soul tablet of the Divine Lord Zhengyuan was still intact, he could rest assured and also sneak across through that spatial node.

Without lingering, Lord Ziyang drank two cups of spiritual tea, reminisced for a moment, and then departed.

Ye Jingcheng landed where he was, looking at the figure in the distance, and finally felt relieved.

He has already met five or six Nascent Soul cultivators, including the Cloud Sand God Lord who has already broken through.

But nothing seemed amiss.

This proves that the Ye family's Yuan-Boosting Pill is truly effective.

Even if the spirit world has many methods, it's impossible for just any Nascent Soul cultivator to possess such abilities. The Ye family only needs to prevent ordinary people from recognizing them.

Just then, a flash of inspiration appeared in the distance, and he wanted to say something.

But the next moment, he discovered that the latter's figure was exactly the same as his, even down to his sideburns.

"Thank you for your hard work, Fourth Brother, and congratulations!" The figure coming from afar was indeed Ye Jingcheng. He had rushed over from the Sand Sea and thankfully managed to arrive just three days before the Nascent Soul Ceremony.

At this moment, the entire Sanyuan City was exceptionally lively. In addition to the three urban districts of upper, middle and lower, there were countless temporary markets outside the city.

As a result, the Ye family even summoned five hundred cultivators to patrol the entire Sanyuan City, including three Nascent Soul cultivators and thirty Golden Core cultivators.

This alone is enough to show how much the Ye family values ​​it.

"This is all thanks to your Yuan Shen Pill," Ye Jingyu said.

He knew his own talent well; with the three spiritual roots of water, wood, and earth, without the Primordial Spirit Pill, he had at most a 10-20% chance.

With the Yuan Shen Pill, reaching the forty or fifty percent level, and the fact that three of his spirit beasts are now at the late fifth stage, he refined his true essence several times. With the support of the Void God Pill and the Xuan Lian Ling Pu spiritual treasure, he was fortunate enough to successfully break through.

Looking back now, he still feels a bit scared.

The gap between the Nascent Soul and the Divine Transformation realms is simply too great.

That is why he was even more grateful to Ye Jingcheng.

However, as brothers of the same clan, there was no need for them to say too much.

"Jingcheng, I met with several people as a pseudo-Yuan Dan, and none of them had any problems. Many of them needed your help to refine pills, and I took them all on for you." Ye Jingyu transformed into his original form, and his aura changed instantly.

Ye Jingcheng took the jade slip and storage bag, and he instantly understood why Ye Jingyu had agreed.

There are three requests in total, and three kinds of elixirs: a mid-grade sixth-rank Crimson Essence Blood Nourishing Pill with healing effects, a low-grade sixth-rank Tai'a Explosive Spirit Pill with the effect of bursting blood and qi, and a sixth-rank Blood Jade Soul Nourishing Pill that can enhance the physical body.

The three kinds of elixirs are almost all related to smuggling, so naturally, they would also be useful to the Ye family.

The Ye family actually possesses the formulas for all three types of elixirs, but they had not been able to gather all the necessary ingredients before.

Now, all the requests have been accepted.

Of these three commissions, only one utilizes the Ye family's previous connections, namely the Tai'a Exploding Spirit Pill, and even that requires two portions of spiritual materials. The other two commissions require three portions of spiritual materials.

"Tomorrow, there's another Nascent Soul exchange meeting, for the Smuggling Alliance from before," Ye Jingyu continued.

“Alright, that’s perfect, you can show your true appearance tomorrow as well.” Ye Jingcheng replied, and then took out a jade bottle and gave it to Ye Jingyu.

"Consolidate your cultivation further." Ye Jingcheng's words surprised Ye Jingyu.

Because he was going to play the role of Ye Jingcheng, he specially practiced secret techniques to consolidate and conceal his identity.

Seeing this, Ye Jingcheng belatedly spoke up:
"It seems to be the effect of the immortal scripture. I am now more sensitive to the Five Elements." Ye Jingcheng also noticed that Ye Jingyu had activated the secret technique, but he felt that the water, wood, and earth elements in the other party were constantly changing and not very stable.

This is clearly an effect brought about by the immortal scriptures.

Within the cave, he had also sparred briefly with Yu Linlong. Without using any spiritual treasures, he was already not much worse than the latter.

That was enough to make it clear how strong he was at that moment.

Before he began cultivating the immortal scriptures, his combat strength was inferior to that of the Gluttonous Demon Ancestor and Mu Huayuan.

Even if he doesn't use the Heavenly Treasure and fights alone, he's likely to be able to easily suppress those two old monsters.

"As expected of a divine scripture." Ye Jingyu couldn't help but feel a little envious.

Although his cultivation technique was not bad, it was not a celestial scripture after all.

Fortunately, he wasn't a novice; he knew that the suitability of a technique was more important than its strength.

"Fourth Brother, why don't you also complete your spiritual root and start cultivating..." Ye Jingcheng said.

"Forget it, I don't have enough beast patterns." Ye Jingyu shook his head and rejected the idea directly.

The Ye family's five spiritual roots are strong enough, either because they have extremely high combat talent or because they have long beast-related markings.

Ye Jingyu is only a normal five-inch tall person. He can manage to cultivate three-attribute techniques, but five-attribute techniques are a bit of a stretch.

Ye Jingcheng didn't force him, and then simply shared some of his Nascent Soul experience with Ye Jingyu.

Ye Jingyu did not have any other thoughts because Ye Jingcheng was his cousin.

By the time the conversation ended, it was already quite dark.

"Qingnian, come in too!" Ye Jingcheng then looked outside.

"It's Father." As the head of the family, Ye Qingnian already knew when Ye Jingcheng arrived. He was waiting outside because Ye Jingcheng was instructing Ye Jingyu.

"Have you been waiting long? You can just come in next time. The Nascent Soul stage isn't far from you." Ye Jingyu felt a little guilty. He was so engrossed in listening that he didn't notice Ye Qingnian waiting outside.

"Not long ago, I also just arrived. These past few days, there have been quite a few Nascent Soul exchange meetings, and many cultivators want to send their treasures to us for auction." Ye Qingnian's eyes showed both fatigue and joy.

He now feels that proposing the concept of the Three Holy Cities was absolutely the right thing to do.

He has found quite a few rare medicinal herbs that were originally extremely difficult to find in the past half month.

Among them, they had collected all the remaining Cloud Deer Pill upgrade materials and a considerable amount of Cave Heaven Stone Spirit upgrade materials.

This is the charm of gathering 380,000 cultivators, 3,000 Golden Core cultivators, 500 Nascent Soul cultivators, 30 Deity Transformation cultivators, and more than 60 immortal clans and sects.

"How are the cultivators in the family now?" Ye Jingcheng also looked at Ye Qingnian.

The family had given him a lot of information through the communication token, but he was too concerned to look at it in detail.

"Father, the family has made excellent progress in the past century. In terms of Nascent Soul and Demon Saint, not counting your spirit beast, the Qingqiu Fox Saint has already broken through to the mid-stage of the sixth rank. At the same time, we have added two sixth-rank combatants, Yu'er and Fourth Uncle. In addition, there are also Hai Cheng Ancestor, Feng'er, Uncle Long, and Zhu Luan who have broken through." Ye Qingnian said with great joy.

"In terms of Nascent Soul cultivators, fifteen new Nascent Soul cultivators have been added, including Ancestor Haiyu, Ancestor Haifei, Uncle Xingliu, Uncle Jingzhong, Uncle Jingfeng, and others. In addition, twenty-one Demon Emperors have broken through. The number of Golden Core cultivators has increased the most in the past hundred years, with a total increase of two hundred and ten. The number of family members has also reached 138,000. Moreover, the family has gained two more Heavenly Spiritual Roots, one more family member with a seven-inch Beast-Connecting Pattern, and two more Profound Talisman Spiritual Bodies..."

"In terms of skills, Brother Qingyan has already broken through to the late stage of Nascent Soul. In alchemy, he is only a step away from the sixth rank. In addition, there are three more fifth-rank alchemists, who are also three newly added Nascent Soul cultivators. In terms of weapon crafting, Feng'er is currently the best, and she can craft fifth-rank top-grade magic weapons. Next, there are three fifth-rank weapon crafters, namely the mother of Haicheng's great-grandfather, and one newly added Nascent Soul cultivator..." Ye Qingnian said one by one, and also mentioned the Ye family's Hidden Punishment Hall.

Ye Jingcheng listened to it once, but didn't hear the other name.

"Where is Patriarch Xuefan?"

"The old ancestor Xuefan Tianzu did not have a smooth second breakthrough and has already passed away..." Ye Qingnian's eyes reddened as he said this.

Don't be fooled by the Ye family's high success rate in breaking through, given their possession of beast-manipulating patterns and abundant resources; it's not true that every cultivator in the Ye family can successfully break through.

Ye Xuefan happens to be one of the smaller groups.

That elder who cultivated the Chess Soul Spirit Scripture, that elder who once shouldered half the burden of the Ye family, was blocked from reaching the Nascent Soul realm even on his deathbed.

Ye Jingcheng could easily imagine how much regret Ye Xuefan must have felt before he died.

"Xuefan Tianzu failed to break through twenty years ago. Before he left, he told us not to be sad. He was just going to the underworld to report on the Ye family's current achievements. He said he was afraid that his father and his ancestors would be impatient."

"He said he was also waiting for the Ye family's latest report on their achievements. He said he wanted to hear the news that the Ye family had established itself in the spirit world when the next clan elder reached the end of his life..." Ye Qingnian's face became more and more sorrowful as he spoke.

How could they not respect those lovely elders of the Ye family who had dedicated their lives to them?

Ye Jingcheng and Ye Jingyu both appeared somewhat quiet.

Of the three Purple Mansion Ancestors of the Ye family, Ye Shengyi was the most mysterious, Ye Xuecang was the most serious, and Ye Xuefan was the most kind and peaceful.

Now, only Ye Xuecang remains.

Once Ye Jingcheng's sorrowful expression had subsided somewhat, Ye Qingnian introduced the Nascent Soul cultivators and forces from the Three Yuan Holy City.

And just like the Divine Transformation Conference held by the Zisha Sect, it also used a teleportation array and was held in a cave.

After listening to the explanation and finding no flaws, Ye Jingcheng nodded and then looked at Ye Jingyu.

"What are your thoughts on the matter of the family head?" Ye Jingcheng continued to inquire.

Although Ye Qingnian is currently in the mid-Nascent Soul stage, he is not far from the late Nascent Soul stage. Once he reaches the late stage, he will need to prepare to break through to the Deity Transformation stage, at which point the change of the family head will naturally take place.

Ye Jingcheng estimated that he wouldn't be able to see it due to the illegal immigration, but he did need to have a candidate for the head of the household in advance.

And this wasn't the first time he'd asked.

“I think Brother Qingfu is more suitable,” Ye Qingnian said.

Although Ye Qingfu is older than Ye Qingnian, for cultivators, those at the Nascent Soul stage have a lifespan of two thousand years, while Ye Qingnian is only seven hundred and fifty years old at most. Ye Qingfu is naturally less than eight hundred years old. In addition, the latter's cultivation speed has slowed down after breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage. It is estimated that it will take six or seven hundred years to reach the late Nascent Soul stage, which is just right for him to become the head of the family.

Previously, Ye Qingfu was initially in charge of the Yuanling Oasis in the Sand Sea, and later became the branch peak master and deputy family head, so naturally he can now.

After hearing Ye Qingnian's decision, Ye Jingcheng didn't say anything, since he was quite familiar with Ye Qingfu.

Ye Jingcheng didn't say anything after that, and let Ye Qingnian leave early.

And make the latter think more about what will happen after they are smuggled out.

Although Ye Qingnian had some doubts, he still left.

After Ye Qingnian left, Ye Jingyu also looked at Ye Jingcheng:

"Jingcheng, it's time to choose the guardian beast and guardian person."

Ye Jingcheng nodded upon hearing this. This was a long-standing tradition of the Ye family, and he naturally knew about it. However, it seemed that the younger members of the clan, such as Ye Qingnian, were somewhat unaware of it, which was why he had just hinted at it to Ye Qingnian.

He hoped the latter could come up with the idea himself; if not, he could only wait until the end of this Nascent Soul Ceremony to begin making arrangements.

Although the Ye family has many Nascent Soul cultivators, there are still considerable risks. The Ye family's Beast Tower cannot remain in the Great Yu Realm.

Furthermore, since some of the descendants born of the Turtle Ancestor possessed grotto-heavens, two hidden inheritances could be established.

However, choosing which realm to enter and who to select as protectors requires careful consideration.

Seeing that Ye Jingcheng had thought it through, Ye Jingyu felt relieved.

After all, he wasn't Ye Jingcheng; he lacked the confidence to withstand all the attacks from the spirit world forces in the future.

……

The next day, early morning, on the sixth floor of Ye Yuan Restaurant.

In a secluded paradise, lotus leaves sway gently, a light breeze stirs, and ripples spread across the water's surface.

Lotus Leaf Mountain consists of several pavilions and a long stone corridor.

The world seemed exceptionally quiet, and the cultivators all closed their eyes slightly.

The next moment, as the Spirit Forging Divine Lord appeared in the distance, all the cultivators stood up, and even Ye Jingcheng couldn't help but cup his hands in congratulations.

"congratulations!"

At this moment, the Spirit Forging God also broke through to the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm. His face was ruddy and his eyes were filled with excitement.

Looking at the other Nascent Soul cultivators, their eyes couldn't help but show a hint of contempt.

Of course, being a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, or even a mid-grade sixth-level weapon refiner, certainly gives one the right to look down on other cultivators.

"This is all thanks to Fellow Daoist Qianchen, this is..." Spirit Forging Divine Lord first looked at Ye Jingcheng, and then saw Ye Jingyu next to him. When Ye Jingcheng faked his death, the latter supported half of the Ye family and joined the righteous sect, so he was naturally well known to others. However, what surprised everyone was that Ye Jingyu had actually broken through to the Nascent Soul stage in the past hundred years!

"Congratulations, Fellow Daoist Qianchen!"

(End of this chapter)