Beast Taming Clan: I Have a Jade Book

Chapter 220: Chapter 219: The Eve of the Grand Assembly

Cyan Willow Mountain, with its long willow branches dancing continuously in the gentle spring rain.

Some fall in the air, forming smoke threads, while others fall into the lake, creating ripples.

A few cultivators walk by the lake, accompanied by a flash of spiritual light, their figures disappear amidst the lake.

Submerged to the bottom of the lake, it resembles a magnificent underwater dragon palace.

After a long while, in the temple, a few cultivators enter, only to see the Mo Family Ancestor, Mo Wenchen, sitting at the main seat of the grand hall.

“Ancestor, this time the Ye Family’s Purple Mansion Ancestor has gained enlightenment. Are you going to attend?” The speaker is Mo Family Ancestor, Mo Hongyuan.

“This time, the Ye Family not only invited Supreme Taihao and Tianzhen Ascendant, but also the Chu Family Ancestor, and even invited Chu Xiyu from Chu Family and Ming Yuan Ascendant from Taiyi Sect. Besides, Cyan Cloud Nunnery is also among the invited, as for other potential attendees, it’s unclear!”

Mo Hongyuan recounted one by one, but Mo Wenchen did not reply immediately; his brows were furrowed tightly.

He felt something amiss but didn’t know where to start.

“How is the alchemy business between the Ye Family and the Xu Family?” After a long pause, Mo Wenchen spoke.

“The competition is very fierce, Ye Family is not their opponent, but the Ye Family’s spirit beast business is thriving, moreover, Chu Family and Ye Family are likely to purchase shops in Taichang Market soon!” Mo Hongyuan replied.

Mo Wenchen nodded, his deep eyes seemed to ponder far and wide.

“There are still some matters to handle on the island, I won’t go, just use my seclusion as an excuse!” Mo Wenchen said.

Mo Hongyuan nodded as well, then led two people ready to leave the lake.

Behind them, Mo Wenchen took out a silver mirror and shone it on the backs of the three.

Seeing no issues, he slowly put away the mirror and closed his eyes.

His entire cultivation seemed to stretch at this moment, revealing his mid-stage Purple Mansion cultivation…

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Taicang Mountain, seen from afar, resembles a gigantic granary resting on flat ground.

Surrounding the flat ground are over a thousand acres of spirit fields.

These spirit fields and their spirit rice are renowned throughout Taihang Commandery.

Of course, the world only knows that spirit rice can nourish and nurture people, but they are unaware that the straw of spirit rice serves as the best fertilizing material for spirit medicine gardens.

Above the spirit fields, it is early spring, and countless cultivators are planting the spirit fields.

In Taihang Commandery, Mo Family cultivators have the best treatment, Xu Family members are the most numerous, and their territory is the largest.

Therefore, the Xu Family never lacks people to plant spirit fields or spirit medicine gardens.

Beyond the spirit fields lies Taicang Mountain, which is divided into two halves, the upper half being spirit medicine gardens, totaling more than three, while beneath the gardens are the caves of the family’s high-tier cultivators.

At this moment, in front of the Xu Family Ancestor’s cave, Xu Wenchang also descended here.

Xu Family Ancestor Xu Chunlin took out spirit tea, drinking with Xu Wenchang.

If anyone else were here, they would see the usually calculating and ruthless Xu Wenchang appearing slightly reserved.

“Uncle Lin, are you attending the Ye Family’s Purple Mansion Conference this time?” Xu Wenchang asked.

“No, since the Mo Family Ancestor isn’t going, I’m even less suitable to go. He’s inviting Supreme Taihao, Tianzhen Ascendant, along with Chu Family’s Old Ghost Tian Fen and Ming Yuan Ascendant, clearly trying to outshine us. They might also announce the opening of a pill shop in Taichang Market!” Xu Chunlin spoke slowly.

“Therefore, because I’m not attending, if there’s a great competition at the Purple Mansion Ceremony, have Wencheng compete with Ye Jingcheng in alchemy, isn’t his talent in alchemy extremely impressive?”

“Let’s see what face the Ye Family has in opening a pill shop in Taichang Market!”

“As for our Xu Family, the elixir business in Taihang Commandery is not something they can shake, it’s better for them to honestly rear their spirit beasts!” Xu Chunlin continued slowly.

Xu Wenchang nodded.

“Please rest assured, Uncle Lin, I’ll definitely handle this well!”

“Don’t just handle it, you must do it well. Besides sabotaging, remember to propose visiting the Ye Family’s Spirit Beast Valley, to see what treasures the Ye Family has!”

“Since he’s brazen enough to invite Tianzhen Ascendant and Ming Yuan Ascendant, let him witness their methods, as no ascendant of Taiyi Sect is easy to deal with!” Xu Chunlin continued to add.

At this, he also let out a slight sinister smile.

The Ye Family contributes very cautiously, with frequent complaints from members about heavy casualties.

This results in fewer offerings to the sect, and fewer spiritual objects given to those ascendants.

But recently, with the Ye Family spirit beast sales booming, it’s evident the Ye Family, as a former Foundation Establishment Clan, has kept many things under wraps.

Even if the legendary treasures of the Ye Family aren’t found, he would be pleased to see the Ye Family suffer substantial losses.

“By the way, how is the Li Family’s girl with the Ice Spirit Root?” Xu Chunlin asked again.

“She’s already married to Jiyu, and they’ve also been pacified. Their only condition for not joining the sect is to destroy the Ye Family!” Xu Wenchang replied.

“Good, then go ahead and arrange it, remember, don’t let the girl show up until she’s achieved Foundation Establishment. A genius without maturity isn’t a genius!” Xu Chunlin finished his spirit tea in one gulp, then issued a dismissal order.

Xu Wenchang nodded, then respectfully retreated.

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Lingyun Peak, as the Purple Mansion Conference gradually approaches, the entire Lingyun Peak becomes bustling again.

Unlike Ye Jingyong’s wedding, which was simply a happy reconciliation for Ye Chu.

Ye Haicheng’s Purple Mansion Ceremony, on the other hand, was the most grand event for the Ye Family in decades.

This signified that the Ye Family had become part of the Purple Mansion Clan and announced to the entire Taihang Commandery and even the Taiyi Three Commanderies that the Ye Family had transformed remarkably.

Of course, most importantly, it was about redefining the interests within the Taihang Commandery and the Taihang Market.

This was extremely important to all Ye Family members.

Many Ye Family shops and mining sites had recalled clan members, and even those hunting in the Taihang Mountain Range had all returned.

Every clan member bore a confident smile.

Carrying the name of the Purple Mansion Clan and the Foundation Establishment Clan was naturally different.

At this moment, Ye Jingcheng also stepped out from his own small courtyard, and the sky had already cleared.

Of course, even if it hadn’t cleared, the Ye Family would have used magic to shield against the rain, filling Lingyun Peak with rosy clouds and the sky with spiritual cranes flying, bringing auspiciousness to the Ye Family.

On such important days, lone spirit beasts like vultures wouldn’t be allowed to fly, instead kept within the house.

However, the Ye Family had a batch of spirit beasts like the Red Rabbit Auspicious Mice to raise; how could a ceremony have no spirit beasts to symbolize prosperity?

He grasped the clan token and headed directly towards the Treasure Pavilion.

Today was also the day of the clan gathering; however, this time it wasn’t just Ye Family’s Inner Hall cultivators but all Ye Family members.

Before the Purple Mansion Conference, naturally, there needed to be mobilization, along with a summary of the clan and future planning.

Ye Jingcheng was quite interested in this.

The last time there was such a large clan gathering was ten years ago, back then for the Jade Dragon Valley conquest.

This time, it was both for the Purple Mansion Ceremony and a summary of Ye Family’s current situation.

Now, Ye Family’s territory has expanded quite a bit.

In terms of Spirit Mountains, there were additions like Cloud Valley and Buqing Mountain, plus four compensatory Spirit Mountains, though two of which need to be handed over to the Supreme Taihao Ascendant. The remainder was ample for nurturing more Ye Family cultivators.

Including beast herds, there were many additions, such as the Lush Forest Pig group and Red Section Fish group.

In recent years, Ye Family hasn’t just consumed Li Family’s Spirit Mountain holdings; even Ye Family mortals were sent to Li Family towns. After exterminating Li Family’s key bloodlines, Ye Family mortals continued the lineage.

Every Ye Family mortal married many women.

Thus, if this trend continues, those towns will assimilate into Ye Family towns, becoming places that provide Immortal Seedlings for Ye Family.

The current Ye Family members are too few; when it was a Foundation Establishment Clan, it was already few. Now as a Purple Mansion Clan, it seems even fewer.

Ye Family’s fertility policy must be improved.

For the Inner Hall cultivators of Ye Family, due to Beast Communication Patterns, marriage was slightly troublesome, with many Ye Family members unwilling to wed.

But this is indeed detrimental to a long-term developing clan.

The process of the clan gathering still began with ancestor worship, where everyone gathered outside the Ancestral Hall. By the time Ye Jingcheng arrived, many clan members were already lined up, and as a Foundation Establishment cultivator, he naturally stood at the forefront.

At this moment, bundles of sandalwood burned, filling the air with thick blue smoke.

It seemed like a Smoke Dragon called down blessings.

Ye Haicheng and Ye Xingliu stood at the very front, one as the old patriarch and the other as the current patriarch.

Their faces were solemn; in the teachings from Ye Family’s upbringing, the Ancestral Hall was the most sacred.

Then began the ancestor worship, reciting the ancestral remembrances and clan teachings.

Ye Family’s lineage was, of course, among them.

Ye Jingcheng looked around and found that now Ye Family had over a hundred and fifty cultivators, many newly advanced Qi Cultivation members, counting those with special tasks outside or in seclusion, there should be over a hundred and eighty.

As for how many were in the clan’s Hidden Peaks, he couldn’t say.

Based on his understanding, small Hidden Peaks might just have two or three Foundation Establishment cultivators, while large Hidden Peaks housed Qi Cultivation people.

Recently, the Spirit Beast Valley had many spirit beasts, some driven back from the Hidden Peaks.

And Ye Jingcheng felt that Spirit Beast Valley wasn’t all of Ye Family’s spirit beasts.

Especially since Sha Yun Mountain had many antelopes.

Such antelope spirit cuisine could consolidate cultivation, and Ye Jingcheng still savored it.

“Alright, Xingliu, let’s begin the clan gathering!” After the intricate ancestor worship ceremony, Ye Haicheng finally spoke.

As the clan’s Purple Mansion cultivator, although he hadn’t appeared or spoken for a long time, his authority was undoubtedly the greatest.

Ye Xingliu nodded with cupped hands and then spoke:

“Summary of Ye Family’s Lingyun Peak is as follows: currently there is one Purple Mansion cultivator, three Foundation Establishment cultivators, twelve Ninth-level Qi Cultivation cultivators, thirty Late-stage Qi Cultivation cultivators, sixty Mid-stage Qi Cultivation cultivators, and seventy-four Early-stage Qi Cultivation cultivators!”

“Regarding the four major techniques: there are two Tier Two Alchemists, fifteen Tier One Alchemists, one Tier Two Refiner, eight Tier One Refiners, one Tier Two Spirit Talisman Master, five Tier One Spirit Talisman Masters, three Tier Two Array Masters, and six Tier One Array Masters.”

“Additionally, there is one Tier Three Race Mountain, two Tier Two Race Mountains, six Tier One Race Mountains, and two ordinary resource points!”

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