Beast Taming Clan: I Have a Jade Book

Chapter 728: Chapter 538: Schemes

The Alchemy Pavilion’s building under the long-standing earth fire has turned even more fiery red, as Ye Jingcheng walks into the grand hall.

Ye Xingming still sits in front of the pavilion, having put away the bell, quietly studying the pill formula just like Ye Haitian used to.

Although due to their strength, their progress in the Alchemy Dao may not be too great.

But for an elder of the clan, if they cannot solve the clan’s questions, they find it very embarrassing.

But before he could call out to Uncle Xingming, he noticed the alchemy room next door, the door wide open with several clan members watching at the entrance.

Each person watched attentively, and inside, amidst the flickering flames, someone was refining a spirit pill.

Ye Jingcheng took a closer look and saw Ye Qingyan refining a Cyan Spirit Pill.

But unlike before, the Ye Family usually isolates alchemy sessions, while Ye Qingyan openly guides the alchemy process.

Moreover, multiple people were watching.

Alchemy requires a quiet environment free from any disturbances, and demands absolute control.

The alchemy process was at the solidifying pill stage, causing the watching clan members’ eyes to brighten by three degrees and their breaths to quicken.

Do not think this is trivial, as it greatly affects the alchemy process.

After all, cultivators have hearing far superior to ordinary people, focusing intently, making it easy to have mistakes during solidifying pills.

Ye Jingcheng also clearly saw that there was a slight issue with the heat, though it minimally affected the Cyan Spirit Pill.

But it’s not a good habit.

“Patriarch!” As Ye Jingcheng approached, the elixir was put away.

A group of Ye Clan members repeatedly called out toward Ye Jingcheng.

Ye Qingyan also looked at Ye Jingcheng with great excitement.

“Patriarch!”

But Ye Jingcheng remained silent.

This caused Ye Qingyan to be slightly anxious.

“Patriarch, these are Qingxi, Qinghe, Qingjia, they all have considerable talents…”

Ye Qingyan explained, as he was the first to do this, even though others of the Ye Family used the isolation array to guide clan members in alchemy.

This would allow teaching without being affected by other clan members.

However, clan members couldn’t genuinely feel the heat.

Especially for high-tier spirit pills.

The loss from alchemy failures becomes harder to accept!

At this moment, Ye Xingming also walked over.

He obviously wanted to plead for Ye Qingyan.

But Ye Jingcheng preemptively waved his hand to stop him.

“What I mean is, was the Cyan Spirit Pill refining correct just now?” Ye Jingcheng finally spoke.

This statement made Ye Qingyan rejoice greatly.

“Returning to Patriarch, incorrect!”

He feared most that Ye Jingcheng would think his actions were incorrect.

But in his view, the reason he harvested so much was because Ye Jingcheng intentionally opened a gap in the door, allowing him to watch the alchemy.

He merely notified other clan members to let them watch.

From secretly watching to openly observing.

“My heat was problematic, Patriarch, I think my mental state is unstable, I need to endure the earth fire’s hundred-day burn to stabilize my pill heart in the Earth Fire Hall!” Ye Qingyan said.

Ye Jingcheng finally nodded.

He thought highly of Ye Qingyan, seeing questions in Ye Qingyan’s eyes, wondering if that person before was Ye Jingcheng.

But Ye Jingcheng did not answer, instead, he also entered the alchemy room and took the pill furnace inside.

The other clan members instantly wanted to leave, considering it was the patriarch in front of them, but were all stopped by Ye Qingyan.

“Everyone, take a good look!” Ye Qingyan glared at everyone.

“Being able to watch the patriarch alchemize is a huge blessing!”

The rest of the clan members then refrained from leaving.

Ye Jingcheng indeed began alchemy.

At this moment, he was like Ye Haiyun in the past, gazing at the clan members outside the house, feeling some regret inside, perhaps he should have been like Ye Qingyan back then.

Perhaps Ye Haiyun would have been happier!

But he quickly shook his head, as what he is doing now is equally significant.

He holds the direction of the clan in his hands, and his actions greatly concern the clan’s development for the next thousand years.

Aside from cultivation and longevity, what else is more important?

Ye Jingcheng also noticed he hadn’t alchemized alone for a long time.

With excitement, he invoked the earth fire.

As the earth fire surged past, flames engulfed the pill furnace, instantly producing a spirit shadow.

This scene shocked all the Ye Clan members.

Not just because of Su Yun, but because the Yun Furnace brought forth a genuine spirit shadow.

This clear, nimble furnace shadow had never been seen before.

Not even by the pill furnace owner, Ye Qingyan.

“A sword has a sword soul, a furnace has a furnace soul, to refine spirit pills well, first thoroughly understand the pill furnace, this is the first step!” Ye Jingcheng slowly explained.

Ye Jingcheng then extinguished the pill furnace and continued to invoke the furnace three more times, each time a instant invocation.

On the fourth time, Ye Jingcheng reached out, and Ye Qingyan promptly offered the spirit medicine.

While Ye Jingcheng had quite a bit of spirit medicine, most were now Tier Two and Tier Three spiritual medicines.

Tier One spiritual medicine was indeed scarce for him.

As the spirit medicine fell into the pill furnace, Ye Jingcheng did not explain it this time, nor did he use the Six-Part Alchemy Method, just ordinary alchemy.

But his refining process was exceedingly slow.

So slow that everyone could clearly see it.

As time passed, a rich pill fragrance filled the air and caught everyone’s attention, invigorating their spirits.

Evidently, it had already reached the stage of solidifying the pill. With the Pill Furnace spinning at high speed, in the next moment, a total of eleven Cyan Spirit Pills appeared within the Pill Furnace.

Each Cyan Spirit Pill was exceptionally round and emitted a thick cyan glow, and three among them were covered in intricate pill patterns, appearing remarkably profound.

“This…” Everyone was astounded by Ye Jingcheng’s miraculous alchemy skills.

Even Ye Qingyan felt the same.

They initially thought Ye Jingcheng’s reputation was due to his spirit beast assistance in alchemy.

Now it seemed that Ye Jingcheng’s alchemical mastery had already reached an extraordinary level!

Ye Jingcheng did not answer; instead, he stowed away the Spirit Pills and began to calmly clean the Pill Furnace.

Even though the Pill Furnace before him was merely a Tier One Pill Furnace.

After pausing for a moment, Ye Jingcheng began to take out new spiritual medicines.

This time, it was not anything else but the Earth Rank Pill.

Ye Jingcheng had already optimized and adjusted the advanced spirit pills of tier one and two.

And the Golden Scale Beast was the most suitable, with plenty to be found in Earth Dragon Valley.

The Ye Family was also better at cultivating them.

Besides the Golden Scale Beast, the Ye Family found it easiest to cultivate the Silver Moon Python and Red Moon Python.

This particular elixir was also refined for Ye Qingyan to see.

The others had already gained much from the Cyan Spirit Pills earlier, but the Earth Rank Pill was more suitable for Tier One High-grade Alchemist Ye Qingyan.

Ye Jingcheng refined the pill three times in total.

He used three different techniques, but whether they could discern them was up to their own fortune.

After finishing the three rounds of refinement, Ye Jingcheng finally left the Alchemy Room.

The moment he stepped out, Ye Qingyan followed.

He looked at Ye Jingcheng and took the opportunity to ask softly:

“Patriarch, I saw in the pills just now, there were three distinct kinds!” Ye Qingyan said.

Ye Jingcheng handed over a jade talisman.

“I hope there will be no mistakes next time!”

Ye Jingcheng replied coldly.

How could there be three kinds?

He had clearly used the Two-Part Alchemy Method, Four-Part Alchemy Method, and Six-Part Alchemy Method.

With Ye Jingcheng’s words, Ye Qingyan nodded repeatedly.

“Destroy it after reading!” Ye Jingcheng reminded him one last time.

Then he also walked out of the Earth Fire Room.

He was about to head towards his small courtyard, but unexpectedly, he received a transmission from Ye Jingteng.

“Meet at the Cyan Stone Bamboo Forest!”

Seeing this, Ye Jingcheng nodded. Regarding his elder brother, Ye Jingcheng felt it was neither good nor bad, but he had to be wary of being schemed against by the latter.

With just a few steps, Ye Jingcheng reached the Stone Bamboo Forest.

The bamboo forest was now even more lush, with large bamboo rats scurrying around joyfully.

In the center of the forest, some spiritual essence had even begun to form, seemingly developing into Spiritual Bamboo.

Ye Jingcheng was not very surprised; after all, he had noticed the bamboo’s inclination to advance before.

In conjunction with the family’s clan mountain spirit vein upgrading to tier three, it hadn’t advanced yet merely because the bamboo forest was near the mountain’s foot.

As he walked to a more open area, Ye Jingcheng saw a bamboo pavilion.

Inside, there were already four people present.

They were Ye Jingli, Ye Jingyun, Ye Xingqun, and Ye Jingteng.

The four of them were drinking tea.

However, even as they drank tea, their expressions varied greatly.

Ye Jingteng’s face was filled with sycophancy and persuasion.

Ye Jingli looked disdainful, Ye Jingyun accompanied with a smile, and Ye Xingqun remained indifferent.

He did not agree with Ye Jingteng’s plan.

After all, Ye Jingteng’s plan was too unrealistic, based on mere assumptions about the sect and requiring everything to go smoothly.

Yet, in the Cultivation Realm, nothing goes entirely smoothly.

“Jingcheng, have some tea!” Ye Jingteng quickly got up as Ye Jingcheng arrived, ushering him into the pavilion and leaving the main seat empty for him.

After Ye Jingcheng sat down, Ye Jingteng poured him some spirit tea.

“This is Purple Fucha, a Tier Two Upper-Grade Spirit Tea!”

Ye Jingteng introduced.

Glancing at the others, Ye Jingcheng estimated that this was the fourth time Ye Jingteng had given this introduction.

“Jingcheng, Uncle Xingqun, I am now considered a senior at Illusion Peak, and Supreme Taihao is likely the next candidate to breakthrough to Golden Core. I think the family’s policies at the Taiyi Sect should be more aggressive!” Ye Jingteng continued to introduce after Ye Jingcheng took a sip of spirit tea.

Ye Jingcheng was alright with this, but Ye Jingli and Ye Xingqun had darkened expressions.

This sect strategy was clearly devised solely by Ye Jingteng, unknown to anyone else in the Ye Family, yet he claimed it as family policy.

And any discerning individual knew that Tianzhen Ascendant had more chances of breaking through to Golden Core than Supreme Taihao did.

“Now the Ye Family in the Taiyi Sect is only missing a Purple Mansion, missing a genius!” Ye Jingteng added.

Ye Jingcheng finally understood Ye Jingteng’s intention; he not only wanted the Purple Mansion Jade Liquid but also wanted Ye Jing Hu to join the sect.

After all, Ye Jing Hu had the Thunder Spirit Root, and even in the Taiyi Sect, not many possessed such a talent.